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Reflecting on the past: By Lisa Weightman
There’s something about the Christmas break that makes me feel lucky to be who I am. Every Christmas my sister (Jodi) and I would head to Nan and Pa’s house in Nagambie (Victoria). Swimming non-stop, sprinting down the 70metre yard into the river and back up hours later for replenishment. Post replenishment stop, we’d set the clock for the dreaded hour until we’d be allowed to swim again.
Over the break we’d both turn a year older and embarrassingly so I’d cry when it came time to blow out my candles! Perhaps even when I was only 4 I knew getting old wasn’t a good thing!
As my passion for running surfaced “Gambies” became a training retreat and continues to be a great time for family moments and lots of laughs. It is time at “Gambies” that gives me time to put perspective into my life, to enjoy some balance swayed more toward play than work for a moment, a time to be thankful for what we have and a time to reflect on what has past.
It is a common trait of those focusing on goals well into the future to continue moving thought to the next goal without taking time to reflect and celebrate the achievements to date. I am guilty of that on most occasions…ticking off each session, each race and each personal best because my thoughts are on “what’s next”. It is time to reflect…
Reflecting on 2009 I could not be happier. Apart from tweaking my race execution in the Australian 5,000m early in the year and avoiding hills at the time of my second hamstring tear I wouldn’t change a thing.
Dick had the perfect formula all year and had me running personal bests in the 3,000m (time trial), 5,000m, 10,000m, half marathon and marathon. Through Dick and running every mile with Lachlan I learnt a lot about testing the boundaries. Boundaries which were mountains a few years ago, we obliterated in training.
Through Dick’s meticulous preparation and Lac’s watchful eye on our daily workouts it has been a fantastic year. I very fond memories of Lachlan, Dick and my adventures at KaDeWe in Berlin!
With the support of my new agent Derek Froude and looking glam thanks to my new sponsor Adidas it is time for some new adventures!! After a great start to the 2010 training year in Nagambie, Lac and “Goa” are back at work for Nab and IBM respectively and preparing for an exciting year ahead. The focus is on improving the half marathon personal best, then the marathon personal best, having some fun experiences along the way and finally achieving the ultimate goal…running the Commonwealth Games marathon with a medal in mind.
Nephew Thomas at 2 started calling Lisa “Goa” after her Mum coached him to say “Go Lisa” when she was running on the television at Beijing. The coaching didn’t go too well as “Go Lisa” became “Goa” and has since stuck. Despite now being a chatterbox, Thomas still calls Lisa “Goa”…it looks like it has stuck!!
I am looking forward to sharing my thoughts via this forum. I would like to thank everyone who has been in touch for their loving wishes and excitement about Commonwealth Games selection.
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One comment to "Reflecting on the past: By Lisa Weightman"
Great work in 2009 Lisa!
Great blog/post.
Have a great 2010 and all the best in hunting down and smashing your goals!
Cheers