Day 150 – 156
12/27/12 - 1/1/13
Happy New Year!
I rang in the New Year last night with my wife and kids after a fun day on the hill. First full family trip to go shred at Vail. My daughter is starting to figure out how to snowboard which is really fun to watch. Along with learning how to ride comes the inevitable falls and yesterday she took two big ones. One heal side edge and one toe side edge, which left her eye a bit red from slamming her face into the ground and her first wip lash this morning. But she is one tough cookie and just keeps getting up and trying again.
Getting up and trying again, is there any better lesson to learn? When I was snowboarding all the time and trying to learn new tricks I found that the hardest part was trying the trick for the first time. It was not the trick that was scary, but the unknown. After that first try every subsequent try got easier, and such is the case for life. I think in life more than anything we all fear the unknown, the “what ifs”. Well for the New Year I pledge to not fear the “what ifs”, in fact fuck them.
If I have proven anything to myself in the last 156 days it is that with clear goals, determination, sacrifice, and support from loved ones, anything is possible! So for the New Year I will try to keep this in the fore front of my mind and try to relay this to my clients as well. I look forward to 2013 with realistic optimism, and untapped potential for growth and adventure.
As far as my workouts this week, Thursday is turning into a big workout day for me. Triathlon club at 5:30am this week was fun, probably did like 7-8 miles on the spin bike, three mile run and a bunch of dry land stuff. We tried to keep the heart rate at 85-95% MHR. Skipped the Olympic lifting because of work, but will defiantly get it this week. Friday I went and rode for two hours, Vail called nine inches but it was questionable, still super fun two hours with a old friend, 100 push up and 100 sit ups that night with some stretching. Saturday was 100 push ups and 100 sit ups in 7min and 16 seconds. Sunday did 200 pushups and 100 sit ups. Monday was pretty much a rest day did some stretching and abs work at night, but nothing to speak of. I will get a work out in after work today, half hour circuit at the hotel and then home to take care of the horses. The ranch has been a bit of an adventure lately, an adventure involving a lot of water, ice, a 1942 restored Willies jeep, and a 50 caliber sniper rifle with armor piercing exploding bullets!! That is another story all together.
I wish everyone around me health and happiness. Much Love!! Happy New Year!!!
