“For we are always what
our situations hand us.”
Billy Joel from the song, Summer, Highland Falls.
So Marshall, how was today’s workout?
It sucked. Thanks for asking.
Not that it was particularly hard. This is the last of 12 weeks — I should be in great shape by now. Actually, I am in great shape — just not today. I felt like a pilot having to fix one broken thing after another as the plane is falling apart around her. I let my teammates down today. At times, I let myself down.
I got my ass kicked.
But I stayed in the fight.
Most of my trouble was in pushing boards. Normally I’m good at pushing boards. But between the pollen and a respiratory infection, I started having an asthma attack. Then my stomach gave out.
I’ve never felt more miserable in my life as I watched my teammates run off and leave me. I could have walked off the field for good and gone home. I so wanted to quit. But instead, I ran back out on the field (once my stomach got situated) and rejoined the exercise in progress. I was the last person when I started and almost caught up with my teammates by the end.
No, I don’t expect a medal. And my performance today was so bad that I should be embarrassed just talking about it. I’m just glad I kept going and didn’t quit.
Life will kick your ass from time to time. I know first hand. Just keep fighting and remember what Mr. Joel said:
“For we are always what
our situations hand us.”
To my coaches and teammates, I will comeback out there tomorrow and redeem myself.
You were out there working. . . You finished. Thousands were still in bed.
“Ya Done Good, Kid !”