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just thought i would recap from a previous blog that I had posted. "Outside". Just a lil reminder.

"You have to believe. You have to believe that there is a chance and that there is hope....you have to believe big. I guess i keep using this word "believe". It spawns so many meanings. Few people in this crazy world do believe....in life. in love. in happiness. in themselves. in magic. it is easy to say that you can't. it is easy to say you're crazy. it is easy to be comfortable. magic happens when you go outside your box...outside that zone of comfort. outside. if you don't believe me...then i am afraid that you are one of "them". I hope that you follow my blogs and you are inspired to go outside."

Macca was interviewed by "simply stu"--a podcast. you need to go listen to it. its an hour long but great to listen to on the bike. its beautiful to listen to his passion. he just "gets" it. he talks about how one day he can point to the pic of him on the wall in the win of kona 07 and he can tell his kids..."you see that...you see that pic of your daddy when he won the ironman....it took him 20 years. he watched that race 20 years ago and saw the passion in those men that won it....he followed that dream for 20 years...in PURSUIT OF A DREAM. and he never gave up." the words "in pursuit of a dream" is SOOO fitting. PURSUIT. is such a perfect word. to pursue your dreams. literally chase them and never ever ever stop until they happen. to fight. to fight like hell. i say that 5 word phrase over and over in my head. my mantra. "in pursuit of a dream"

apparently after several jugs of champagne on new years eve i told my friend at the stroke of midnight...my "new years resolution". i don't quite remember doing this but from what he told me...i am certain that he didn't make it up. I told him that i was going to not only get to kona at the lake placid ironman this year....but i was going to win it....the whole damn race. i was going to win the Lake placid ironman in 2008. I was going to be the first female to finish. Big words. i am not quite sure how this is a resolution...but perhaps i was speaking of what my pursuit was for 2008.
I'm going to man up to that pursuit. I believe i can do it. Ballsy statement for now...but why not set the bar. The female pros will not be there this year. They rotate with IMCD. in 2006, molly zahr won it in 10:11. she was 27 years old (i think...27 or 28) Granted...that is fast. like smoking fast. But i believe i can do it. 8 min off my swim, 30 min off my bike, 30 min off my run, and a min or 2 in transition. That would do it. Sounds totally unattainable....but just stepping back and taking a look at my performance from when i raced lake placid to when i raced clearwater....i am CONFIDENT those numbers are attainable. I would just have to have the race of my life and pray that the conditions worked for me. If I don't win the damn race...that's okay. I believe that I can one day. Maybe not 2008....but I am going to pursue that dream and bet against all odds. Mark my words. I just hope it wont take 20 years...that's a long friggin time to dream....although i bet the flavors of Gatorade in 2028 will be super sonic!!!

what are you pursuing this year? if you haven't thought about it...think about it right now. don't let it go. DO IT damn it!!! go for it!!!!! honestly....what do you have to lose??we've already established that the only things important in life...is life itself. so if you aren't going to die in the pursuit...then why not? AND if you do die...at least you died pursuing your dream!! walk to the end of the board and jump in to life. make it exciting. don't be scared of your capabilities. don't be scared of the possibilities of reality. if your dream is to swim the English channel...buy a ticket and get your rear in the water and start training. if your dream is to fly a plane...go take a look at flight courses...if your dream is to see the great wall of china--book a ticket!! anything is attainable if you are aggressive and creative and you figure out a way. dreams don't happen when you sleep.

Dreams don't happen when you sleep.