Life Worth Living

I do love competition. When I compete, regardless of the gap required to become competitive, I propel myself to improve and be the best I can be. I feel alive and passionate about living my purpose inspiring others and being the best me that I can be.

I often find I’m living my purpose by simply living life. Moments that I’m not necessarily sharing some profound insight. Moments that not necessarily in the midst of competition or running the race. Moments like this experiencing a sport or event with great friends who enjoy living life. 

About to start warming up just before the start of the first sprint Triathlon of the season. IM New Orleans 70.3 just a few weeks away =)

Nov 2014 Update My Iron Man Challenge

Encouragement, small successes, and the feeling of being valued by those you love should not be under estimated. These blessings help shape our confidence to achieve greater challenges and goals beyond our current realm of thought. Goals that not only help us but perhaps help others who in turn inspire others in a complete new direction.  

It has been several weeks since my last update and am happy to say I have remained healthy, injury free and on Nov 2 completed my first Half Iron Man 70.3 in Conroe TX. My finishing time was slow at 6hr 40m and still I feel blessed to have finished and had a lifelong friend come to Conroe to cheer me on. Since the event in Conroe I have experienced a 5K PR at 20:48, experienced my training run and bike pace exceeding every PR I have set to date, and scheduled my season for 2015. Training for me has exploded and I am excited to see how far and fast I can go! I don’t expect to be a world class athlete, however now consider I will far surpass every goal I started with.

2015 races scheduled thus far:

Jan 1^st Allen TX Half Marathon
Jan 4^th Life Time Fitness Indoor Sprint Tri
March 1^st Cowtown Full Marathon
May 17^th Chattanooga TN 70.3 half Iron Man
Oct 11^th Louisville KY Full Iron Man


Until next week! Consider letting those you care for know how you feel. Consider being a voice of encouragement, letting go of your fear. Perhaps your dream will be revealed and realized as you cheer another persevering and inspiring to live their destiny.   

Week 6 Update My Iron Man Challenge

I wonder if sometimes our lack of confidence, faith or trust in a situation is occasionally viewed by others as arrogance, jealousy, or selfishness. I have found myself in uncomfortable engagements pulling back from fear, fear of the unknown, fear of the hurts from the past. Perhaps we should consider that others only see our action of pulling back and have no way to understand why.

Week six and I finally closed out the three problem home sales that has taken the majority of my time causing extra stress in my life. Business is still strong and I can once again spend more time acquiring business for the future. This past week was a recovery week with Monday and Tuesday off and less effort with shorter distances. I feel great, energized and ready to add miles next week. Overall training distances for the past week: Biking 56.4 miles, Running 14.2 miles, swimming 2 miles. My longest distance on any one day for the week Biking 35.5 Miles, Running 9 miles, and swimming 1000 meters

Until next week! Our actions regardless of our reasons will be viewed by others based on their own life experiences unless we communicate and share who we are. Take the time to build true confidence. Not by eliminating fear, past hurt and disappointments but by stepping through the feelings when they appear.  Always remember arrogance is not confidence in fact it is truly attempting to make up for lack of confidence in an unhealthy way.   

Week 2 Update My Iron Man Challenge

My why for life and deciding to complete an Iron Man. I feel alive when I know I am improving as a person physically, mentally, and emotionally.  I relish moving towards lofty ambitions, a destiny not yet fulfilled. With each challenge realized I gain more conviction in encouraging others to reach higher than they ever believed possible.    

Week 2 is complete and I found this past week a little more challenging than the week before. The night before my hardest workout of the week I decided to run in a 5k race with a friend. Well the 5 k race was fun however my next morning’s workout did not go so well. Lesson learned… This is why I have a Tri Coach who plans my workouts based on my scheduled races. I am looking forward to the sprint distance scheduled races coming up next Sunday and the following Tuesday. Overall training distances for the past week: Biking 80 miles, Running 16 miles, swimming 3.17 miles. My longest distance on any one day for the week Biking 42 Miles, Running 8 miles, and swimming 800 meters

Until next week! By discovering your why, life will make a little more sense. I have found that even the disappointments in my life are guiding me back to my why. =) 

Life is Now

I have found it more difficult to sustain peace and happiness when I have placed a greater priority on creating my future as opposed to experiencing today. 

How do we Change?

I have found more positive lasting change in my life when my focus altered from trying to change myself to understanding and following my purpose and listening for my creator’s voice and guidance.