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Some thoughts the team environment and how it really brings me a spark of joy and enthusiasm:
It really hit me today how much I thrive in a team environment. I have been excited to wake up, I love seeing my friends, I am focused during my workouts, and I am appreciative of my coach. I was able to reflect on the fact that I have spent almost every day of the majority of my life in an athletic team environment. Practice with friends is just what I did! I am an intrinsically motivated athlete. I can train on my own, race on my own, and do the work on my own. But I find it interesting that as my opportunities to train with others have dwindled over the past few years due to losing our Master's Swim program and my schedule as a mom, my spark was a little dull as well.
But I feel like even in the past two weeks, that spark has really started to brighten! My training has more purpose to it, I am working harder, and I am loving it.
And it makes sense. When I started doing some of my running with my running group (the GeneralOWLS... lol!) this fall, my running spark was ignited again.
And the bike? I can't remember the last time I rode with friends. Maybe 3 x in the past 3 months? Dull spark.
So, it is not that I can't train by myself, as I am certainly comfortable doing that quite a bit. It is more that a team environment is a very familiar and fun thing for me, and has been for a long time, and I seem to enjoy it, so I am just in a happy spot and need to make sure I keep taking advantage of these group opportunities, because being with a team isn't a given as an adult.
And those were some thoughts that I had, as I left swim class super chipper this morning.
And Isla and I are watching Nemo right now, so "just keep swimming" is certainly a good thought on which to finish the day.
1 comment:
I think you are right. Do stuff together = more fun.
Take care Damie. :) best to you and yours obvi. (Short for obviously). :)))
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