Was damn happy yest...I actually kept up and stayed ahead of the pack during our run training from SESS to KLSSC & back!!! and my teammates commended on my improvement...hehe...i think they muz be quite surprised abt the change in me...
I remember how when i first started out in dragonboat, i use to detest the running we did almost every training. On saturdays esp, i use to procrastinate when i wake up in the morning, about whether to get there on time for running or just give an excuse and get there later for just the rowing. Even weeks before the Singapore Dragonboat Festival, i still felt that way, mainly because it's hard for me to finish the run consistently. I always thought that the weather was too hot for running, or the distance was too far and my stamina was just not there yet. I think even joan thought i had an attitude problem n showed me the same attitude as well...haha
But mainly her, and plus the support and encouragement of my teammates, boosted my performance in the team. Joan 1st taught me to regulate my breathing, and i found it really helps me to endure longer...Wilson also taught me the way to running long distance...but most impt of all, the desire to win, the bonding during the camp, as well as joan's guidance from our frequent talks made me find my purpose and passion in dragonboat.
All along, perhaps i had not found what i wanted from myself and from dragonboat, i did not have the mental strength to conquer the indominable barriers that were hindering my progress...but joan helped open me up...sorta trigger me to find my intrinsic motivation to do better, to win myself, to achieve a mind over body effect. Even zhui's long emails to us were a source of learning as well...made me think deeper about what i was really looking for. All this while i only thought from the team's point of view, that we wanted to win, not once thinking i wanted to win, and hence not acting on that desire to win...it just made me depend on the whole team to win instead of starting on myself...
This was especially when joan told me about the white dog/black dog story, where 2 dogs quarreled over every single thing all the time...and the dog that won in the end was the one that was feed the most. This brought to mind that in last week's run, i was having mental conversations while running, and everytime i tink of how long the distance is, how many people there are hindering my path along clarke quay, i had the tendency to slow down to a walk even though on the other hand, i wanted to complete it quickly. Having learnt that, during yest's running, i practically just concentrated on running without any conversations in mind...it seemed as if the black dog wasn't being fed at all....and the intensity of concentration was sth i've not experienced before.. and allowed me to last at a good pace thru'out the run....
Now, Joan has tasked me with a challenge: to inspire others so that the whole team can progress together as one, and for myself to evolve further....You can be sure that I will put my best foot forward ya!
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