Tag: compete

Well this is the week folks. This upcoming weekend is WNL ninja Worlds competition. My kiddo is competing. And I kind of am.

Give me a minute. I must restrain my attitude and fix my perspective. I’m a little coiled and ready to burst attitude anyway just because of life. Deep breaths. Deep breaths.

Ok, see there aren’t a lot of women in the 40 and up age group who do ninja. So, I did qualify for Worlds from an earlier competition. When the surgery was decided, I mapped it out. Six weeks from surgery to the first day of Worlds. Everyone says you heal quicker from gall bladder surgery, so I’d give myself a few weeks; train reasonably; and compete.

Nope. At three weeks I had the small internal hiccup and set me back a bit. I really started feeling more like myself about a week ago. But, I didn’t want to push exercise and have another set back. So, I’ve been increasing slowly and listening to my body. This is good. This is healthy. I know this. This also means that I am not ready.

But, here is my motto for Worlds: Someone has to be last, it might as well be me! Yes, I am still going to compete. I may just do the first obstacle and walk off. But, I am going. I am doing the things. And I will continue to listen to my body. I would say I am probably at like 90% health wise now. I feel good most of the time. Then like once a day there’ll be a little ache, a little tenderness, a little soreness that reminds me that my insides aren’t all better yet. It moves a little, which makes me think maybe things are healed and my body is just still adjusting? I have no idea. But, it doesn’t stop me in my tracks and it doesn’t change my day, only moments of the day. So this is good.

Tonight I am thankful for the opportunity to get to go to Worlds. I think I actually wrote that on my goal list at the beginning of the season 🙂 I am choosing to be thankful for listening to my body and allowing healing over pushing to be able to compete at a better level. Although I want to sulk about it, it was the right thing to do. And I still get to go and compete, so I won’t stay sulky. It’ll be an experience 🙂 And that is good!