WEEK 8 - Another week...Another Blog

For this week's blog I have decided to put my "serious" hat on and blog about something that is actually relevant to everyday life.

This week I did 72% of my training on my own...therefore giving me a large chunk of time to think random thoughts. For the majority of the time when out training I just sing the same song over and over and over in my head, or repeat lines from The Hangover. However on the odd occasion I do in fact think intelligent thoughts relating to issues facing the world...who would've thought!

After seeing the images of pain and suffering that all New Zealander's are currently experiencing as a result of the earthquake, got me to thinking of the power that mother nature possesses and the impact she has had on society in the past 6 months. It's as though mother nature has gone "screw you world, I'm going to belt you with blow after blow after blow and see how you stand up." Beginning with the floods in QLD, NSW and VIC, Cyclone Yasi in northern QLD, bush fires in WA and most recently the earthquake in NZ.

Each time I watch, listen or read about one of these disasters I have to think how lucky I am. I often think that if I were to fall off my bike tomorrow and break a leg then my world would fall apart. However after seeing what these people are going through and the hardship they are facing really puts life into perspective and makes me realise that I am so lucky to be where I am and doing what I am doing. It is so easy to get caught up and forget that there is more to life than swimming up and down following a black line, or riding endless km's, but when it comes down to it, what I am doing in triathlon is all just fun and games. If I were to have a shocker of a race or roll an ankle, then I would still wake up the next morning and life would go on as normal. However for all the thousands of people who have been affected by the recent disasters, they are the one's who will wake up and their world is changed forever. They are the people who will have to fight everyday and will go "screw you mother nature, we will fight back."

So the moral to the story is don't take things for granted. Be thankful for what you have, and don't take life too seriously!


Until next time,

Spread the love...

(Phew that was deep!)