Patrick: Finally

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Finally

Finally. It's time to race! Morning of my Long Quali race and I am antsy to get going. I've thought a lot about today over the last year and looking forward to seeing what improvements I've made. I know I'm in great shape and technically sound. I try not to think of results, but I know that if I stick to my game plan, they will come.

Concentrate on what you can control. Nobody deserves to do well, you have to earn it.

At the end of the day, my #1 goal is to represent Canada to the best of my ability and cross the finish line proudly with a smile on my face!

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Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness is, first and foremost, a function of conscious choice and discipline.

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Dare, Dream, Do.

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Great mentors can see in you what you can't see in yourself.

Never give up.

Never, never give up.

Never, never, never give up.

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The heights by great men reached and kept

Were not attained by sudden flight,

But they, while their companions slept,

Were toiling upward in the night.

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20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that

you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bow lines

and sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your

sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

-Mark Twain

I can live with disappointment, but I cannot live with regret

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Until you start believing you're gonna beat these guys, it's not going to happen...It's not courses that make breakaways, it's athletes who take them...If you don't think we can win, then what are you here for?

-Macca on the Brownlees, to his teammates

It's about the process. It doesn't matter what you do tomorrow and it doesn't matter what you did yesterday. It's about today, and making today count. That's especially true in training, but it's the same mentality that I carry into racing. Focus on the task at hand, not on the finish line, or the next part of the race, but what it is that is right there in front of you in the moment.

-Jordan Rapp