June 20, 2010
Howdy. This is just a very short post to let all of you know that I completed 100 km yesterday evening, after 9 hours and 57 minutes. I’ve been resting today and will write much more tomorrow. Thank you to all who were on my support team (names will be included in the next post) and thank you to all who cheered me on.
The fundraising ticker is still moving up – stay tuned for the latest total.
Two things:
1. Salt is wonderful
2. Math is impossible after rowing 9 hours
This was me at 95 km: 5 km to go
June 18, 2010
So now we’re near the end of this journey. It’s been a long haul. I started the igo100 journey back in August 2009, with a dream and no idea how to get there. But I learned what I needed to each step of the way and just kept putting one foot in front of the other. It hasn’t been easy, and the hardest lessons learned were those about myself. About my ego. And here is what I’ve learned:
This is not about me. This not about me rowing 100 km.
This is about you.
Do you have a dream? Do you want to make a difference?
What is holding you back?
I’m proof that you don’t have to be famous, or brilliant, or a super athlete to chase a dream. You don’t have to be born into the right family. And you certainly don’t have to be perfect. There is never a perfect time to do it either.
You just have to take a deep breath and jump.
You’ll learn what you need to along the way. Sure, it will probably be hard at times, but that makes it worthwhile. People will come forward to help, to give you what you need, at the right time.
But what if you fail?
There is a risk in everything. You can risk failure while chasing your dream. Or you can risk living a failed life by not trying anything. Someone once said that we never regret the chances we take, but rather the things we never attempt.
I received an email from my friend Tammy this morning with this:
“Come to the edge.”
“We can’t. We’re afraid.”
“Come to the edge.”
“We can’t. We will fall!”
“Come to the edge.”
And they came.
And he pushed them.
And they flew.
Guillaume Apollinaire
I believe you can fly.
