Wholistic Fitness

Coach,

The following quote was part of my Thanksgiving Week horoscope:

“The basic difference between an ordinary person and a warrior,” wrote

Carlos Castaneda, “is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while

an ordinary person takes everything as a blessing or a curse.”



*Stellar WF Online Student Steve Mackel reports on another Podium performance for the

WF Tribe! Trust me, as Student Mackel alludes to in his sign off salutation below,

the STRENGTH of YOUR Practice is what helps ALL of us who choose to Study this

humble, yet POWERFUL Path of WF!

It has been a while since I’ve been able to crack into the top three in a

race but T-Day has always been good to me. I started out my “earn the

bird” with the “Run for the Hungry 5k” on Foothill Blvd in La Canada.

First, I brought canned food for the local food bank then got to the

starting line. Brandon was next to me ready to beat me for the first time.

He’s been training hard. This course was tough. The first 1.25 was uphill,

then a quick rolling section to the turn around, back through the rollers

and downhill to the finish. I jumped on heels of an AG Ironman triathlete

I train with, just focusing on staying with him. We hit the first mile at

7:00. He was bummed but I thought it was a pretty good first mile

considering the incline. We hit the turn around a little over 11:00, so

sub 20:00 wasn’t looking realistic. He started to push ahead and create a

gap. I had to go to the “warrior chi reserve” to fight through the second

mile. When I crested the final hill I kicked it in for the downhill to the

finish. I passed some runners and was only passed by one person. I hit the

finish line in 20:25 good enough for 3rd in my AG. Brandon was never able

to catch me and finished 5 seconds behind me. It is always good to know

that there is the WF “warrior chi reserve” to tap into when needed plus it

keeps those young guns guessing.

Thanks to the Tribe for keeping the Warrior Chi Flowing,

NWSM