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Silverstone, Sep 2020.

Life at the back. On the grid with Jules, on the brakes into Brooklands and Luffield with my team mate. 

You’d never know from the image but I am getting lapped in the bottom image. My race was with Stephen Smith in the blue leathers on the BMW. 

The other riders #68 Tom Neave, #3 Billy McConnell and #6 Lewis Rollo were 3rd, 4th and 5th at this point. 

Grid Shot, Paul Hunt

THE 70 YEAR OLD THAT LAPPED ME

It was January 26, 2014, and I will never forget the cold crisp air filling my lungs as I hiked with a friend of mine at the time. He wanted to show me some amazing views and all I could focus on was my immediate situation, my heart was pounding out of my chest and I felt winded. Then this guy in his 70′s came out of nowhere marching straight past me as I stood off to the side trying to catch my breath. Thinking back on it I can’t help but laugh at myself that I got lapped by a 70 senior citizen. (In order to provide you some context I was 29 years old when the photos were taken). The first photo seems like nothing and the path looks easy but make no mistake I was on an unforgivable incline that kept going and going and going. Each step I took seemed to take my breath away and ever so often I would drift off to the side to catch my breath. And you know what ran through my mind, “I’m young, this should be cake for me and here I am getting lapped by an incredibly fit grandpa,” this wasn’t just demoralizing it was just downright shameful and embarrassing.

Now I know what you are saying, “Wow man you must have been out of shape,” and I would tell you no I was not. I went to the gym every day and did cardio every day; however, the difference was not that I had not exercised, it was that I had not prepared for the intensity of the climb. In essence, I was fit but not fit enough to do what the hike was asking me to do in order for the journey to become smoother. We can often be semi-prepared for a situation, life event, circumstance or opportunity but if we are not fully prepared to take advantage of the moment then the journey becomes harder and unnecessarily difficult. And this is what happens when we assume that life will always go as expected and that we are exempt from “life lemons” as I like to call them, making us entitled to drink the lemonade pressed by others. In order to make the journey one must refuse to assume that just because something appears to be easy means that it will be, things are not always as they appear.

Since then I’ve hiked that place many times and the incline never seems to phase me because I know what to anticipate. Two things that come to mind are that a) Do not focus on the sprint, focus on finishing the race, and b) Do not focus on or compare yourself to others in your ability to accomplish anything. Often times we quit before we get started and never get to the finish line. I came from a family of what I call start-stoppers: people who start something but never finish it. One of the big reasons I created this blog, Life in Limonata, which I did not include in my original Welcome post is I want this to keep myself accountable for accomplishing my dreams and pursuits, and I want the same for you. The question I want you to ask yourself is this: What life lemons have led you to start-stop your dreams of being a bestselling author, platinum recording artist, sought after speak or successful entrepreneur? Now if I didn’t mention something you’re aspirating to be just fill in the blank ____.

Finally, it was not until I pushed through to the top that I was rewarded with the view in those photos and what a view it was as I got to see the valley and mountains in a way that my iPhone could not capture. The breathtaking views alone were worth all the pain and shortness of breath I had to go through. Let this year (whatever year you may be reading this in) be the year that you press through no matter how tough and unforgiving the terrain may seem. Push through it. Don’t start-stop and know that the race is not for people who seem to have it all together it is for the person that endures to the end. What is calling you to go higher in the year to come and see your goals achieved?

Lapped F1 drivers should have “global perspective”

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