Last weekend was the 32nd annual Kampeska mini triathlon. Sarah and I once again participated. It is quite the adventure, to say the least. You do not have to be great at swimming, biking, and running, but you have to be good enough in all 3 to finish. It is a challenge. There is nothing like coming off the bike and going running. Your legs don’t know what they are supposed to do yet…unless you experience it, words really don’t describe it well enough. You have to use different muscles for all three sports. You have to learn to transition from one to the other without a break. You have to keep moving! That is the challenge…”tri-ing” to do well in all 3 sports!
It should really be: “Tri not to drown! Tri not to crash! Tri to run!” Sarah and I are definitely not strong swimmers. We just need to get out of the water, and then we start having fun…the bike is next, and last is the run. Here we are out of the water, on the bike, and running.
So many people say they could never do a triathlon. For many of those people, they have never even tried. You will never know what you can do, until you “Tri”! You may need to “Tri” a little harder. You may need to “Tri” to be a little more disciplined. It takes endurance, speed, perserverance, tenacity, dedication, self-confidence, commitment, and above all, courage. You will never know how far you can go until you “Tri”. That goes with everything in life. We face all kinds of challenges, and have to face them head on. We have to keep “tri-ing” in order to succeed. This is a great way to work on all of those life skills. If we can do this, we can “tri” anything!
Then you can say, “I Tri…therefore I am” whether with exercise, or life in general. You may not always finish something, or be good at it, but if you don’t at least “tri”, you will never know what you are capable of. It may just surprise you what you could do. Dig down deep for all of those characteristics that you would need to accomplish things in your life, and fall back on them often. They are within you, sometimes you may just have to dig a little deeper. You have to at least “tri”! This next slide summarize everything about what you can learn, or accomplish, with a triathlon, and life in general. We may not all be able to do a triathlon on our own, but they also had team events with this…3 people, and each person did one portion. Sometimes we need help to get things done, or to be successful. This is a good way to start, and before you know it, we may be ready to tackle on more things on our own! Surprise yourself!
Keep moving everybody! Keep “Tri-ing”!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 3215
