So, I thought my haircut was important. Boy, was I wrong!
There are days during training for an Ironman that you just want to quit. There are times during a long ride that you wonder if you'll ever make it back home again. There are moments during a sprint set that you think, "there is no way I can do this any longer...it's too hard."
What simple problems we Ironman athletes face.
Two weeks ago, a colleague and friend learned that his 5-year-old daughter has stage 3 cancer. This kid is one of the toughest I've ever met. I remember a few years ago watching her face plant on a concrete patio. She got up - no tears - wiped her hands on her pants and said, "Brush it off!" Hearing about everything that they are going through has put the hard sprints and the tiring long rides into perspective. They have their own Ironman to get through and it will be infinitely more difficult than swimming, cycling, and running.
So, whenever I start to feel like it's too hard, I think of my friends and their beautiful daughter. If they can do that, I can do this. It's the least I can do. And when the going gets tough, the tough "brush it off."
