Memorable Quotes 1: [+Training; real deal]
Posted on February 17, 2008
Kalon Dobbin:
“Always, Always leave an allen key in your car. That way, you’ve always got one. Hell, leave two.”
-a.
Now, wait just a damn minute. What is up here? This is a “blog”, right? [Damn I hate that word] But it is by me, Aaron Arndt, Double A, and I am neat and special and different. I’m cool and unique; and I have an ability to put a spin on things a little different than any others. Why not put this thing to a better use? Why not give 100% of me, and take a little risk? Why not say, “hey damn it, I can really use this thing as a tool for me, and not just ‘half-ass’ with it again and again”. Damn, that can be said for a lot of things… But why not use this site to its full extent?
Talk is cheap; lies are expensive. So is equivocation, indecision, procrastination, hell; call it laziness, indiscipline, self-sabotage, personal-limitation-infliction and even self-destruction. “F” it. Here is me.(:)
I am fat, lazy, and out of shape. I came off the WIC 2007 on the best form of my life… well, since my snowboard accident, and it felt good. Damn good. Ok, I still wasn’t ‘too’ or as good on the track, but in the straights on the road I really had something going. I returned to Canada, and after a long season put in one more solid effort prepping for and racing A2A. For the next few weeks after that I was still motivated, and putting in quality miles on my skates on the roads, and enjoying it. I basically lent my bike to Deano so that I had someone to train with, and he got into some shape so he could skate indoors with me. Then it snowed, a whole bunch, and kept snowing.
It really is tough to train properly here in Canada. We’ve been under snow basically ever since, and skating outdoors (or trying to) basically sucked. I would have loved to be in the southern hemisphere (or close to it) and skating. I really haven’t felt that ‘edge’ in my training since. I like training indoors; its fun, and I like working with the group. But, I haven’t really invested myself like I had planned, and I’m really not in that great a shape/form right now…
“Whaa whaaaaa!!!” (baby crying) I know. Well, no more. I’ve got about what, 8 or nine weeks to get my ass in shape? Ok, lets do it.
I am leaving for the GBC/GIC/WIC/SIC/etcIC 2008 basically as soon as I can and start racing right away. I’ve got some team stuff still to sort out still, but that is besides the point.
Over the next while, I will be publishing some rather revealing, honest, untouched, un-flattering, and self-exposing pictures of myself to; in a round-about way, help keep me motivated. I don’t claim to be in shape right now, but I will be. give me a little time. I am not, and this is not about saying “I look great”, or “look at me”. If you think that’s what I am doing, you clearly don’t know me at all, and I would probably hate you if I knew you. That’s really not the point. I’m not completely out of shape, just not where I want to be. Bare with me. This is about self-dicipline and motivation. I am taking some pretty serious risk here. Support my ass. Be critical sure, but not about my intentions.
Here are the first few: Taken: Sunday, February 17, 2008.
Next picture: Tuesday, February 26, 2008.
So, tell your friends. The more hits I get over the next ~9 weeks, the more motivation I’ll get out of this thing. Maybe use it to motivate yourself. You know, symbiosis. What the hell? give me a call! Haha, ask me what I’m doing, and if it’s not ‘training, studying, eating, or sleeping’ yell at me. Call me names. Oh, and “blogging” [damn it], I’ll fit that in too.
Oh, I’ll probably post other stuff too. Just not now.
Takes away from the message right now, I think.
-HumbleAaron.com
PS: I really hesitated to hit “Publish”… but will now.
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