Am I a “Finisher”?
I love it when my perceptions get challenged and I am forced to look at something from a different angle. Today my cycling Bud and I hit the spinning class at the vulgar hour of 9:30am on a Sunday morning. We pedalled our legs to jelly (mmmmh…food) and as we walked out she said “Do you feel like you will finish, the race?” I flippantly replied, “I don’t know and if on the day, I feel like I can’t, I won’t feel bad dropping out.” We know each other really well and she got confused, “But how can you train and not finish? You have finished massive things at work and on all sorts of other things, how could you NOT finish the race? We have to finish…” I was kind of stumped because I know that if on the day, I feel sick, exhausted or just bored, I could just give up. I could see a muffin stand and go “Aaaah, a muffin” and sit down and never get up again, well for the race anyway.
Why would I train to not do something? I will always finish something I HAVE to finish. This falls into a category I may or may not WANT to finish. The goal for me is not the race. The goal is to get really fit and healthy and hopefully complete the race too. The goal for my Bud is to finish the race so that she will do more exercise next time. Does this make me a finisher or a quitter? I need to noodle on this and see what I come up with. Never had to think this before….
Something else to noodle about … the wind … prepare yourself for the wind that blows more often than not in that part of the world. It can be a devil of a wind that will inevitably blow against you at some stage. It may even feel like it’s going to blow you right back to the start line. But that’s okay, there will be a feast of eye-candy to focus on and make up for it. Enjoy the process!
T did you mean to choose the word ‘noodle’….
I think the journey (i.e getting fit and healthy) is the ultimate win! Your aim is to finish the race but whether you do or don’t it will still be a triumph!
Anne-Marie, yes I meant to use the word ‘noodle’ – unfortunately it is a word I picked up when I lived in America, for ‘think’ or ‘ponder’ but they don’t have food associations, so of course, my sub-conscious chose ‘noodle’!!
Julie
I did not think of that, hopefully, it blows in the direction of the finish line or I might just save on an airfare back to Oz, by the sounds of it!