Cindy Present | Get Out Girl

Thursday I was in mile 11/18 on my taper run (every Thursday for the past 6 weeks I have run 20 or more miles). It was about 10:30am and I was on a stretch of road with some shade on the east side. I was running through it, not because of the shade, but because I was trying to be conscious of the camber of the road and run at a different angle than usual.  The road took a slight incline with a shady peak about 200 yards ahead. At the crest of the peak, with the sunlight glistening through the trees, two people were surfacing on the horizon walking toward me. I could tell from the silhouettes that they were two women, one younger and one larger than the other. The younger girl had her arm woven through the others, with her hand gripped to her upper arm. I was immediately inspired by what appeared to be a younger woman encouraging and walking with the older, larger lady. "I should do that more," I thought. Getting someone out that may not be comfortable or confident walking, ei...

...that you really didn't say. It's kind of like the saying that there are three sides to every story...what you said, what I heard you say, and then what you really said. The last five weeks of training for Ironman are like that. Kelly Williamson, coach, friend and pro triathlete, told me while training for my second Ironman that you know you are ready for the event when you are officially "DONE" training. She didn't mean walk in the door after a brick, "Honey, I'm done." She meant DONE. Been there, DONE that, DONE. Nada mas por favor. DONE. I'm DONE. Therefore, I'm ready. DONE getting up at 4:45am, done getting my second workout in by 8:30am. Done riding my trainer at 5am BEFORE heading out for long ride at 7am. DONE. Soft interpretation: READY. VERY ready. But these past couple weeks I've discovered there is another way of knowing you are READY. It is when people say things to you in the most honest, sincere, caring way and you...