I recently had a person close to me tell me that my goal of competing in the Fairfield September Sprint Triathlon was ‘unrealistic.’

‘You don’t have a leg to run on. You can’t even ride a bike 20 feet.’ she said condescendingly. I didn’t know how to respond because in the past two years I have accomplished so much by Making Limbonade that her utterance was almost completely alien to me. I couldn’t fathom 1) What would motivate a person to label another’s goals realistic or not and 2) with the race nearly 3 months away, aside from drowning, getting hit by a bolt of lightening or getting cannibalized by a pack of rabid joggers, what would be so unrealistic about my traveling 400 yards by water, 11 miles on a bike and 3 miles by foot. There is no qualifying time requirement.

I decided as I do in many situations since my near fatal accident to let it go. To let go of anything that impedes my physical, psychological and spiritual evolution. Holding there, getting stuck would be giving in to the shenpa or stickiness of thought - getting hooked, staying stuck. I’ll leave that can’t to her own path.

I then took a look at the video above and call the Breaking Away bike shop to see how I might assist in the ongoing creation of my new bicycle.