from blue ribbons to code blue and back

I want everyone to know and the people who know me perhaps already do know that I had been a Olympic swimmer (that’s right Dad, I can count Junior Olympics).  I would say no doubt that had helped me throughout my recovery.  Thirty day coma, 6 months of rehab, I don’t think that there could have been a previous training that could have helped more to get through everything, so it did and here I am.  I’m a winner and blue and I go very well together.  I have bluish eyes and lots of blue ribbons.  The only blue that didn’t go over very well was code blue.  so I’m thinkin’ there was a guy Ive heard about who did the Ironman Triathalon. He had been in a car accident that almost killed him for good but he had been a champion swimmer also, so I’m thinkin’ being the champion swimmer that I am and who says I can’t do that.

well, one thing would be fatigue issues stemming from a traumatic brain injury that has been very huge for me to hurdle. I’m tired from the moment I wake up. Physically exhausted. But I think this cold weather has also had a lot to do with it. Summer time is around the corner and that’s where I thrive.  Run- I had been very physically active until this past winter walking a couple miles daily.  My knee was one of the first injuries I sustained from the car accident and is still troublesome. Last summer my mother and I would try to mix in a light jog with that walk so that I could gauge how much I could do with this bad knee. troublesome yes but my hope is that with time comes healing and that more healing is what needs to be done for my knee to be at 100%. I started walking the two miles again recently and no knee problems to report. So what, we have run, bike, swim.  Bike- balance. Yeah, not so good still but I would go so far as to say marginally better. I would basically have to learn to ride a bike again but that’s ok. I actually got on Nate’s bike today and aside from my mother running beside me wanting to hold my arm the  whole time and then Nate freaking out because I ran up to the curb, all in all I think it went pretty well. And then we come to swim- now just because I had been a champion swimmer doesn’t mean I could jump in and swim 2 miles, although I would argue with anybody that swimming is easily my greatest  strength.  so, the thing again would be endurance coupled with my, thanks to the brain injury decreased initiation I’ve got a heck of a challenge. But again I’ve never been one to shy away from a challenge. The Ironman Triathlon consists of a 2.4 mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2 mile run the Half Ironman consists of 1.2mile Swim | 56mile Bike | 13.1mile Run. I think with training, I can set my sights toward an “Ironman” Triathlon

Last year when i first started using my planner I set a mission statement and this is what it said “I realize that the mountain I must climb today may seem like a hill to others and I except that”. Now, this mountain may not seem like a hill to anybody and I know it’s a big undertaking but I am willing to work towards it. I’m learning that it’s ok to set my goals high and that it’s also ok as long as I can find motivation in smaller successes. speaking of small successes I use Nintendo DS as an informal cognitive trainer and I set my sights to finish a game I got for Easter. I’d been playing it daily, it’s been my go to game on DS and this week I beat it. So small success comes in a variety of shapes and sizes. I know that a half triathlon is not an immediate goal but neither is a PHD but if I can stay focused for long enough and work hard enough and be patient enough with myself then…