Happy New Year
The New Year marks the year of the Water-Tiger. The Tiger represents strength, exorcising evils and braveness. You would initially think that this is something we all need as we peel off the last five years of strange and challenging times. The water tiger represents one of the five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal and water and hasn’t happened in over 60 years. However, great change does not happen without great challenges. I know we all just want to move forward already.
The truth is we have all continued to move forward including during the last few years. A muscle doesn’t grow with a little tear and repair and that is what I consider the last few challenging years have been. This year is a year of reflection and putting those bigger muscles into action. New races, adventures as well as new social connections will be where many of us will put our abilities to the test.
At TriNerds, we are very proud of all our athletes and followers. The spring is just around the corner, days are getting longer and we feel that all of you are going to blossom into beautiful athletes. No matter what your goals are, remember to continue moving forward even if they are baby steps. You may have read many of our interviews you will see a similar thread between them all. It is the drive to persistently move forward in a direction that feels so unknown but feels so right within one's own heart.
“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” Bruce Lee
Conclusion
As the tiger within you exercises strength, continues to exorcise evils and develops braveness just remember to adjust to the object so you may choose to flow to carve out your destiny. Enjoy the new and opening road ahead as you embark on a world you have been preparing for since the day you were born.
Join our Trinerds Run Club or Virtual Spin sessions this year. Let’s nerd out together and make what we thought was impossible; possible. Raise funds for your favorite charity or a TriNerds approved Nonprofit organization while you train for your new goal. Let us know and we would be happy to see what we can do to help you, help others. If you need some guidance finding a new adventure, send coach Nick Patenaude a message for some inspiration.
Sincerely,
Editor and CTO David Mackenzie-Kong