Tuesday, July 17, 2007

New found respect...

This last Saturday I ran the farthest ever... 10 miles!!!!! First time double digits!!!! Woo hooo!! I had never done any sports, so I never knew I had it in me!!!

I think that’s why lately I've had this new found respect for athletes. I'm only going to be training 5 days a week, for 4 months, and to think about how much athletes train to win championships, break records, etc., just makes me want to 'take my hat off'. I never knew of all the hard work and level of commitment it entailed.

I had always thought to myself it was ridiculous to pay millions of dollars to athletes just for 'playing some sport', but now I think of it differently. Although I still think that millions of dollars is still a lot of money to pay someone, I respect all the hard work that happens before, during and after each and every game that most of us don’t get to see.

If you are an athlete, give yourself a ‘pat on the back’… you are doing something that most people don’t even think possible... I was one of them.

P.S. If you want to know more about my training with the Leukemia and Lympoma's Team In Training, join my Facebook group "Help Zilaida reach her goal". Or, if you want to make a donation go to: http://www.active.com/donate/tntsvmb/zilaida