Wednesday was the first round of 'getting to know you' e-mailing among the members of Team Polar-Phoenix. The team captain has been sponsored by Polar for a couple of years and the rest of us I believe are all first timers. Polar is kicking off this week with conference calls we log into to find out more about...whatever I am supposed to know more about.
The nice thing about this sponsorship is not that I get a lot of great Shiny Things and clothing, (but I do) its that I get education from a world class endurance oriented science based organization and in a surprizing twist of fate I know five of six members already. Well of course there is Moi'. The Machine is one and another has trained many hours with he and I. Two are friendly aquaintenses from races and events. The only unknown to me is the captain.
I work on the principle of being around people I want to be more like. Knowing what I know about four guys on the team, I feel slighty inadequete but very blessed to be put in such a great position. You can't beat training and working with four guys who between them have three ironman finishes, dozens of first place finishes in sprint and olympic triathlons, one is the 2005 Arizona State Amateur Triathlete of the Year and another a current 3:13 marathoner cum cyclist.
I'm very thankful.
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- I've been pushing the limits of my endurance my whole life. I've been called a UNcommon man for my relentless pursuit of doing something bigger than I (or most) could possibly imagine. As a soldier, a marathoner, ironman triathlete or hiker, nothing is extreme enough. Finish lines are great, but the true adventure is what it takes to get to the starting line.
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8 comments:
Sounds like a Dream Team! Hope you continue to provide all your secret training details to those of us reading along from home!
Those are good ppl u can learn from....
Good stuff...
No, nothing begets the potential for excellence like being in its company. You are fortunate, indeed.
and we are fortunate to be in your company...!
I'm new-ish to this blog, so maybe you already covered this in a previous post, but: how did you get sponsored? Was it based on previous performance? Someone you know?
Jessi,
It takes an ear to the ground for availablity and the ability to sell yourself with integrity and honesty.
I think a problem in this sport when it comes to sponsorships, is that its a lot of people wanting stuff and not enough people promoting good stuff.
Wow! I'm envious. For you and for all the folks who get to hang with you while there. Comm is way fun to meet, folks... I had a blast the day we spent the afternoon at Starbucks. He's a really cool dude.
Wow, you've been busy! Congrats on taking on IMAZ-seems a natural progression of things. Those tatoos are fantastic, I like the ankle one, but I would go more delicate and feminine.
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