Well, in just over five weeks I'll be doing Tough Mudder and I have to confess I'm waffling between confidence and despair. According to my trainer this is a normal feeling.
Why do I feel confident? I have a really great team of people who will be doing this race with me. I get a lot of energy and encouragement from them.
My board colleagues--Jennifer Stolte, Dr. Joel Emery, and Joanne Beach--are an amazing bunch of people who serve with me on the World Relief Canada board. They are dedicated and committed. Besides that, Joel has promised emergency medical assistance on the day of the event...how good is that?
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| Jennifer, Heather, Joel, and Eric Frans...pumped about Tough Mudder! |
Eric Frans is the Director of Philanthropy at World Relief Canada and he has Mudder experience. I love his passion--its contagious.
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| Check out Jennifers determination..love her attitude! |
And if you've been following my blog you'll remember I was in physio for a while for my right knee. It was not happy, but it turn out that I just had some weak quad muscles around the kneecap. So I've been working really hard on strengthening those quads and I'm feeling great about that. I'm also seeing some good improvement in my strength and endurance.
All these things help me to feel confident. So why the despair?
I have to admit, I've been thinking about some of those obstacles we'll be doing on race day. In particular the Arctic Enema. It is freezing cold water and then swimming under a plank. Just not sure I'm going to come out on the other side. Seriously, can I attach a rope to someone? Joel? You can see all the possible obstacles here.
Really...what was I thinking?
I'll tell you what I was thinking. I was thinking about "her". Women and children who face very difficult obstacles every day. They don't get to chose if they power through an obstacle. They have no choice. I think about "her" every day at the gym. I give a voice to "her" by talking about what she goes through and how this event can make a difference.
So no more waffling. Just gotta do it...for her.
Stay tuned.
All these things help me to feel confident. So why the despair?
I have to admit, I've been thinking about some of those obstacles we'll be doing on race day. In particular the Arctic Enema. It is freezing cold water and then swimming under a plank. Just not sure I'm going to come out on the other side. Seriously, can I attach a rope to someone? Joel? You can see all the possible obstacles here.
Really...what was I thinking?
I'll tell you what I was thinking. I was thinking about "her". Women and children who face very difficult obstacles every day. They don't get to chose if they power through an obstacle. They have no choice. I think about "her" every day at the gym. I give a voice to "her" by talking about what she goes through and how this event can make a difference.
So no more waffling. Just gotta do it...for her.
Stay tuned.
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