#playinginjured

[breaking230]

Playing Injured

It’s not 8 weeks until the Grand Rapids Olympic Tri (6.9.19). I haven’t blogged in over a month because...well, this blog was supposed to be about chronicling my journey towards breaking the 2:30:00 PR at Chicago this year. But working through my tendonitis took a hit to my self-confidence towards achieving this goal. In fact, I only just started running two weeks ago, and so far it’s only been at a run-walk pace. Basically at this point, I don’t know how I’m going to make it through the Tri in 8 weeks, let alone hit my goal time in 4.5 months...

But then Kofi (my brother, see the last post) sent me a message that simply said: “Blog post, please! Kthxbye”

I’m not sure he’s aware, but he’s actually the reason I blog or post at all. At the very beginning of my photography “career”, which I was trying to decide if I would make my work public, Kofi simply said “Art is meant to be shared.” This was almost 8 years ago, simple words that have stayed with me ever since. And while my journey towards this stupid, dumb, ridic...ahem goal, isn’t art, it IS a journey worth sharing. Because the story isn’t about the moment I achieve the goal per se, but about the journey I take to get there. As a ‘destination’ person and not a ‘journey’ person, this is a concept that is always difficult for me to keep at the fore. And so I count myself truly blessed to have brothers who remind me to just keep going.

As Pops always says: "A luta continua!"

[pauliesans]

Regular Season MVP. #PulledGroinLife #PlayingInjured #LostIntheChampionship #NoExcuses