Just wrote up my summary for the Lake Country Duathlon last Sunday. Read it by clicking here. This was my last multi-sport event of the year. What a great way to cap it off. I’m really glad I signed up for the 2 duathlons at the end of the season. Though my training fell off, it was fun to end on a good note and learn more about my capabilities. By now it’s apparent that swimming is my nemesis, so we will get to see how much I’m able to improve over the winter months. I’ve been driven to improve at everything my whole life. Triathlon has been far from an exception. In this sport I’ve been driven since before I even first strapped on my riding shoes. It hasn’t been about pace, or speed, or looks, or even placement (although nothing seems to be fast enough no matter what). It’s been about glorifying God, and hoping somehow to inspire others to be their best, to hope, to dream, to pursue. It’s been about giving my best today, and not letting that be enough for tomorrow. It’s been about being able to give a little more than the last time out. It’s been about improvement. I always only have today to act. Only today to train. Only today to give my best. One thing I’ve come to tell myself a lot over the past few years is “put your hope in tomorrow, but you can only act on it today.” Carpe diem, folks. I will always have goals, hopes, dreams. But right now is the moment where I live, and there will always only be one race.