Hey y’all! Marc here. I just wanted to share a little update with you about how hubs & I spent our day last Sunday - completing a Spartan race with some of the other members of his gym.
I’m going to be honest with y’all for a second. I DID NOT want to do it. I am not a runner. I go to the gym 5-6 days a week and workout hard, but I’m still growing and learning every day. I didn’t really want to do this Spartan race (3.1ish miles with 15ish obstacles - obstacles that include lifting heavy things & doing rope climbs). I was the one who couldn’t pass the presidential fitness test in elementary school because I COULD NOT for the life of me do a pull up. I never had to do a rope climb in school, but I knew it wouldn’t be my strong suit. You see, my husband is a personal trainer & is super into fitness. The other people from the gym do the hard workouts, lift the heavy weights & eat the right foods (or attest they do in my mind). Now I grew up an athlete and am very competitive. I didn’t want to do a race where I might not succeed (or worse, where I might embarrass him). I didn’t want to be the one that everyone was waiting on. I didn’t want to be the one doing burpees at all of the obstacles because I couldn’t complete them. I didn’t want to get hurt (my feelings or my physical body). Guys! I almost didn’t do something that was a BLAST with people who care about me because I was afraid of FAILING & of what they might think of me. When did I decide that their opinions mattered so much? When did I decide to let fear keep me from having fun? From competing? Now this might seem silly to you, it is just a race after all, but there is probably some area of your life that this applies. What are you not doing for fear of failing? Why haven’t you started that business? Posted about something (or a product) that you love? Why haven’t you tried that new hobby or pursued that dream down in your heart? Please don’t let fear keep you from doing something that could be so fun & that can leave you feeling so accomplished at the end.
So for now, I leave with a few pictures from Spartan race & the encouragement to just do the thing you’re so afraid of.
❤️ xoxo
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