Journeymen

As I ran today, I started to think about this Ironman journey I'm taking. It's fun / challenging / interesting / invigorating / scary / empowering / motivating / rewarding...

I got an instant message from someone in my company that I never heard of asking me if I did Lake Placid this weekend. I told him that I didn't, but I had to friends who did (way to go Joanne and Joel - Congrats!!). We 'chatted' for some time about his experience at Lake Placid this year, his nutritional challenges, etc. It reminded me of me a few years ago. I gave him some pointers - most of which I learned from the legendary Chris Bartges, without whose advise and encouragement I would undoubtedly have had a few years of mediocre experiences and bagged the whole thing, if I had the courage to start this triathlon thing in the first place!

This reminds me that we are all on some sort of journey - and with the help of those around us, we are better able to find the way.

This all popped into my head during my run today after a conversation with a friend of mine, Paul, where he reminded me of one of the reasons I started my blog in the first place - to try to look for and remember all of the ideas and experiences I encounter during this journey.

What I'm starting to realize as I blog this stuff, is that it isn't all about the Ironman journey, but about all of the things life throws at you and those around you, the good and the bad, and what you do with it.

While it's hard to remember it all, and certainly hard to find the time to get it into the blog, I think I'm capturing a fair bit... what do you think?