Am I mad or just plain crazy

I was given a no’ by my swim coach of a man called Tim Strange who has swum the channel. Decided to give him a call and arrange to meet. In my breif chat with him yesterday afternoon he expressed that a large part of completing the task is in the mind. We had a chat for about 10 mins and i think it was the first time that i realised the enormity of what i am doing.

He used words such as stubborn and childlike to express mindsets that could help me acheive this. He gave me examples of olympic trained swimmers that have failed and average joes that have succeeded. He told me a story of a paralympian swimmer who was pulled out of the water unconcious after 25 hours of swimming just 3-4 miles from finishing.Her mindset so strong that she wouldn’t allow herself to stop and yet beaten by the conditions her body gave out.

Everyday i swim, i love doing it, i love the feeling when i get out of the pool, the way my body has become fitter than it has been for many years but i now know that i have to train my mind as well. This i now realise will change my life in more ways than i realised. There is no turmoil here , just a will to succeed. maybe you have to be slightly mad to even want to do this but sometimes as was expressed by Tim the less you think about the task and just focus on what is ahead of yourself  the more like you are to move forward towards a successful outcome.

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