Three weeks from today I’ll step on the competition field, Hell’s Half Acre, in Ft.Worth to compete (“participate”) in the Southwest Regionals CrossFit competition. I get an adrenaline rush and serious butterflies just thinking about it. I’m really honored to be on the same field with some phenomenal athletes like Jen C, Jessica S., Lisa T., Crystal N., Whitney, and Candice. I’ve trained beside some of these girls and watched them get stronger and faster! They are the real deal and the ones to watch!
I look back on the circumstances that brought me to this point and I wonder how on earth did this happen???? Six kipping hand stand push ups got me here…..yikes! But there were 18 months of CrossFit WODs, strength training, ripped hands, nagging little injuries, and hundreds of Zone/Paleo meals before that! I tell my athletes that I train that it is the little decisions that you make every day that add up over time to yield big results.
I can say that I’ve already won, not because I know I’m going to be on the podium at Regionals (HA HA HA – or even place in the top 50%) but because I’ve won the battle over myself! I’ve conquered the desire to eat sugar and junk! I’ve won the battle over pain and am no longer afraid to train hard and be disciplined in my efforts. I have done what I thought I could not do, like a muscle up! Having a goal and deadline, like competing at Regionals, has made me more focused and disciplined than I’ve ever been in my life! I’ve slayed some emotional, spiritual, and physical demons along the way, and I never want to go back. So bring it on! I’ll be ready to test myself again and stand tall on the competition field in 3 weeks, just proud and honored to be there.
“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” (2 Timothy 1:7)
“If I want to be great I have to win the victory over myself… self-discipline.” (Harry S. Truman)
