Good Company

Well the saying, "You are who you hang out with" holds good value.
To be an athlete, especially a competitive athlete, you need to be aware of this. Your company is influential in more ways than you ever could imagine.
Think of your room mates, your closest friends, your team mates, your family, your class mates, and your coworkers. Think of how often you revolve your actions around these people. You eat with them, you play and relax with them, you philosophize with them, and you even develop your sleep habits around them.
So who are these people? How do they help you? How do you help them? Are they helping or hurting your cause and your short and long term goals?
Always great questions to ask yourself, especially for those training and who have specific goals set for themselves.
It's not selfish to make these evaluations and act on them. It's not "Un-Christian-like". It simply holds true that you are positively and/or negatively affected by your company in some way. And with personal goals, come standards that you have to set for yourself.

This weekend, I will be blessed with the opportunity to see my sister and brother in-law as they are making the trip down from NY to hang. They are both road race runners and Brandon participates in triathlons as well. We've all made it a point to spend time with each other despite the large distance of interstate and numerous state lines between us. Biggest reason- they are family. But to keep on topic- they are such positive company. We've all made it a point to go on runs together, enter and run races together all over the east coast, lend ideas to each other considering lifestyle and health, and even just lay around the beach and pool. Seriously, just good people.

Today is a day off from training and tomorrow will begin it again, but mark my words- I will be in the waves at the beach tomorrow! Have a good one people, hope your company is great.