Mental Sticker

Over the past month and a half I been fighting a crazy battle with the cold and this week I finally got a knockout punch from Mister Cold (yes cold, you are the winner this time and I am not planning on fighting you anymore!!).

Last week I started to feel the signs that I was getting a cold for probably the third time in this year, but again, I choose to take some cold medicine, get some good sleep a few nights in a row and then on Saturday I went out and did the local House of Pain bike ride. The hard intensity of the ride was the perfect combination to get my immune system weak and allow this time for the sickness to really sink in. Today is a Thursday and I have been sick for the entire week and I have done a total of a one hour of exercise that probably just took me a few steps back into my recovery from this crazy cold. Trying to take this cold in a positive way, I can only look back into my last 15 weeks of training and feel very confident that I have built the best aerobic base that I have ever built in my entire life. Doing the House of Pain ride on Saturday I felt really strong and confident that the base I built is right there and it should last me this time for the entire season. By no means I should feel in a rush to go get more workouts feeling this sick. It’s only February and my “A” race is not until September. Is time for me to take my recovery as serious as possible and let myself feel back to 100% before I put the running shoes on again.

In the meantime, I am enjoying doing my work, staying dry, having a great time with my family and trying to be in bed by no later than 9:00pm every night. This time I can feel my battery charging up with very good energy.

If you listen to your body you will learn so much about yourself. This time my body is telling me to slow down, rest, be confident in all the work I have put on and let this sickness go out for good this time.

Trying to keep myself away from thinking about doing another workout I choose today to write another post in my blog and having so many topics to choose from, I want to go with something that happened to me yesterday when I went to the store and on my way out I saw a guy trying to collect money for a homeless foundation. I choose to help the cause and after I provided him with my donation the guy on a very friendly gesture said to me: “Have a good day and don’t let anyone take that away from you”. These words stayed on my head during my way back home to the point that I had to write the phrase down on a piece of paper. Today when I saw the phrase again I decided to share it in this blog.

As a coach, I found myself constantly learning from the people around me. Is crazy how much knowledge one person can provide you when you learn how to listen to the information they are sharing with you. With time I have learned to see each person as a unique individual that provides me with constant information. Is up to me if I want to use the information in a positive or negative way. For most of the times, I choose to learn from what they are telling me and use it in my life for my advantage. They constantly shape my life with direction if I can keep myself humble and with a positive attitude. Don’t get me wrong, there are times when no matter how positive you want to be, there is no way you can absorb information in a positive way, but if you let time go by, later you can find that this “negative” information can turn it into something positive for your life.

How many times you find yourself starting your day with the right attitude and feeling like you are conquering your dreams/goals in life and then for some crazy reason, someone or something happens and your day totally changes. Then, next thing you know, is that the entire day goes by and your spirit of a warrior is lost somewhere in those 24 hours that just went by. Have you ever experience something similar? If so, here is a mental sticker to place on your brain:

“HAVE A GOOD DAY AND DON’T LET ANYONE TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOU”