09/14/2013
My mom is an amazing athlete and one of my biggest heroes. She will compete in Ironman LakeTahoe next weekend (her third Ironman). When I competed in my first Triathlon (about two years ago) she shared a piece from Theodore Roosevelt's speech "Citizenship In A Republic." This has stuck with me as my 'pre event' mantra. I have shared it with many friends like Carlee Acevedo-Fuller (pictured below) before her first time to the CrossFit Regionals (So Cal). I've never seen someone "embrace the suck" like she did in the 100's workout. She is a fighter, a great person and another big inspiration to me. Carlee's new gym CrossFit Audeamus has some athletes competing in the Throw Down in the Valley competition and Chino Crossfit (my home gym) has Matt and Omar competing in the Competitor Dynamic Duo Comp. I figured that they needed to read this before the event. Good luck and give em hell tomorrow!
The Man in the Arena:
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
- Theodore Roosevelt
