As I sit on my couch, with towels strategically placed over the windows to make it darker - I'm absolutely positive that watching the Ironman on TV must count for something.
NBC certainly has perfected the emotionally swelling music and narration thingy - as I almost cried no less than five times. I'm guessing they've had a lot of practice pulling at heart strings with the Olympics.
All of these athletes have stories and none of them are short of inspiring. There's a seventy-two year old finisher, a paraplegic, Navy Seals, people racing as a promise to a now deceased relative and countless others. I should never complain about the heat and 10 miles again. When one prominent athlete wasn't able to finish, the narrator said - "She was only able to make it 9 miles into the marathon." Holy crap! That's after a 2.4 mile swim and 110 mile bike, and then she managed to run only one less mile than I did this morning. I completely understand that this was a disappointment for her, but wow - it makes me feel like a lazy, whiny baby.
Now that I feel motivated - I'm going to use the energy to look for something else to watch, skateboarding is on next and that doesn't seem nearly as inspiring.
NBC certainly has perfected the emotionally swelling music and narration thingy - as I almost cried no less than five times. I'm guessing they've had a lot of practice pulling at heart strings with the Olympics.
All of these athletes have stories and none of them are short of inspiring. There's a seventy-two year old finisher, a paraplegic, Navy Seals, people racing as a promise to a now deceased relative and countless others. I should never complain about the heat and 10 miles again. When one prominent athlete wasn't able to finish, the narrator said - "She was only able to make it 9 miles into the marathon." Holy crap! That's after a 2.4 mile swim and 110 mile bike, and then she managed to run only one less mile than I did this morning. I completely understand that this was a disappointment for her, but wow - it makes me feel like a lazy, whiny baby.
Now that I feel motivated - I'm going to use the energy to look for something else to watch, skateboarding is on next and that doesn't seem nearly as inspiring.
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