9-11 Remembered

Hello Team, 12 years ago today, our Nation was struck by a devastating blow. This attack left us devastated, broken, and in shock. I remember my thoughts when I was watching this take place. How could this happen??? How could we not have seen this coming. I remember watching those images of the towers coming down, the desperation of some as they jumped knowing full well it meant death. I was just sick to my stomach, my guts in knots. As a Nation we were stunned and dazed, we could not believe we were just blind sided like this. Then came the anger. The I want payback mentality. We all wanted to know who the hell would do this to US. Who would have the gall to do this to US. So as a Nation, we vowed to avenge the senseless killing of 9=11 and we have. Thanks to the selfless sacrifice of our brave men and women in uniform, we know they are making them pay. Lord knows we need them to do what most of us cannot. As a Gulf war veteran, the job they have done and continue to do will always be sacred to me. So I want to keep this post short and sweet, I just want us to always remember the tragic loss of life that we all suffered on 9-11. Keep those families in your hearts and prayers, and Let us also keep praying for and supporting our troops as they continue to selflessly sacrifice to ensure our safety and our continued way of life. Remember, we may not always agree with our government leaders, but we must ALWAYS have support for our warriors that sacrifice, bleed, & die for us. GOD Bless you all, GOD bless the UNITED STATES of AMERICA!!!! HOOYAH!!!! Never Give up!!!!

Focus - 090313

Hello Team. I hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day Holiday weekend. I know I sure did, got in some great workouts. 5K on Saturday, 5K on Sunday did not meet my 4 mile goal, the heat just beat me down, but still pleased with my 5K time, and a great WOD on Monday morning at Helotes Crossfit. The rest of my weekend was spent enjoying quality time at home relaxing with my wife. So let's talk FOCUS today. We all have those moments in our lives where we feel pulled in many directions at once. It is human nature to want to control every aspect in our lives, but we all have that breaking point of when we take on so much that some things begin to suffer. What is it for you? Does your home life suffer? Does your work suffer? Does your health and fitness suffer? What is it, at some point we all feel like we are losing control. So how do we change this? How do we take a step back and bring those things back into balance? The answer is through focusing on what is important. In this day and age of multi-tasking we are so used to keeping many tasks going at once. It is like the spinning plates acts you have seen. The down side to this is we run the risk of having so many spinning plates that we are trying to balance that we start to falter and our plates start to crash and break. We must develop and maintain focus and prioritize what is important in our lives in order to achieve success. We all set goals. Part of setting goals is to establish a checklist. This checklist is a tool to keep you on task and not only identify accomplishments, but also identify what is still needed to be accomplished. This can apply to all aspects in our lives, such as completing projects at work, or helping our children succeed in school. Your checklist should also include resources that are needed to complete your goals. For instance if you are trying to help your children in school, many of us don't remember how to do many of the math equations that are assigned in the homework, so some resources could be books for you to learn, the internet for examples or tutors for both you and your child. Resources are not just material things but people we may know that can help us in areas we are weak. These are people that we should engage and add to our TEAM. Remember, in life, there is nothing that we accomplish on our own. We are all guided at some point by someone who has accomplished the task before and in turn we provide that knowledge to assist others when they need guidance. Remember that your knowledge, guidance and focus are valuable tools to others as well, so we should all do our part to pass on our experiences through our successes and failures. All of your experience is valuable. Finally, It is important to also help your teammates maintain their focus. When you see your friends, family, coworkers and children faltering, it is our responsibility to call them out and help get them back on track. We are all accountable not only to ourselves, but to our teammates as well. So carry on, stay focused, stay motivated and as always, Never Give Up!!!

Happy Sunday 090113

Good afternoon Peeps. I hope you are all enjoying the fantastic Labor Day Holiday weekend. Just got done getting my run in. Got another 5K distance. A little short of what I wanted, but I was a bit tired from yesterday. It was good and Hot temp was right around 100 degrees. So I hope you are all making progress towards your goals. So for me, I have two immediate goals. First to drop more weight and get stronger and more endurance in my crossfit workouts. Man do they kick my ass. But that is what keeps bringing me back. My second goal is to be ready to complete my second Rock N roll half marathon in November. Not alot of time to get ready. I know my self, I tend to push and push sometimes beyond my breaking point. I hope I am smarter this time. I just got released from Physical Therapy for my right foot injury. (from running. LOL) so I am starting all over again. Ok, so my point to all of this is persistence. Persistence is key in achieving ones goals. Having the where with all to stick to your training or process in order to ensure success. there is a saying used in the service over and over again, and it is that we bleed in training to ensure we do not on our mission. Persistence is a trait that I believe we all posses. Some of us never realize it until we have to dig deep give ourselves a massive gut check in order to achieve success. Others choose to ignore this trait, and yes, it is a choice. When we are mired in the pit is suffering and self doubt, we all have the choice to succeed or to fail. When the stress at home gets tough, when your spouse or partner are just laying into you for whatever it is they feel you did wrong, or did not do, or when the stress at work becomes unbearable, or when you are gasping for air on a 10 mile run or 2 mile swim, we all have that CHOICE. We all have the voices in our head competing. one saying QUIT, you don't have to suffer like this. Why do you put your self through this? Then the other voice kicks in, Yes I am suffering, Yes I am hurting, Yes I want this to end, but I want it to end on my terms. We all know and we have all been there. That point when you get knocked down by life. Persistence is where we have the courage to get back up, face our fears with a steadfast conviction to ensure we give 100 percent towards success. Now even though we do this, success is not guaranteed. We may still fail, but if we do, we do so knowing we gave it our all and there is never shame in that, because there is success in failure as well. That success comes from what we learn, and how we adapt to tackle the problems next time. So keep digging deep Peeps. you do have it in you, I know you do. Persist!!! Never Give Up!!! HOOYAH!!!!!!