Archive for February, 2010

Counting Down The Days

2 more days to go before my first race of the season. Looking forward to it in a nervous anticipation, trying to resist the temptation of aiming to podium, and yet yearning so hard for a win. The past few weeks have seen a significant shift in my approach to life – we only live once, so live it to the fullest. This sounds like what I’ve been living by all along, but now I see deeper into what it truly means. I have always been living life in a rush, trying to fit in as many things as possible into the span of 24 hours each day. I have forgotten how to live in the moment, how to savour the food in my mouth, how to enjoy the act of running,swimming and cycling. I remember how to do all this now, although there still remains a need to remind myself to slow down and take stock of things around me, to enjoy the beautiful things in life.

Also fast appraoching is the next stage of my life. The results of the A levels are likely to released in the next week. Once again, I tell myself to let things take its course, I will, like I have previously,make the best out of each situation that I have placed myself or find myself in. I have done my best, no regrets are present for me to speak of, so we shall see.

Juggling It All

It’s been a while. As the title says, that’s what I’ve been trying to do these few weeks, juggling work at USS, tuition and training. I have to say, i’m pretty happy with my progress in training, especially after today’s swim. I finally found the momentum, the stroke and that wonderful feeling of almost effortlessly gliding through the water. Of course, speed is still something to be desired, but enjoying the process it what matters most.

I’m trying hard to resist putting pressure on myself to podium in the aquathlon, since this is going to be my first multi-sport event, in addition to the fact that i’m still recovering from my injury. Then there’s the Type A in me that wants to push and challenge myself to prove that I am indeed one of the best, and finding a balance between the rational and highly-motivated is proving to be rather difficult. I guess the best option would be to go into the rest with only myself as my own opponent, and trying to clock a PB, position-wise will just be left to the conditions of the day.

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