Really turning up the heat on helping people know themselves better, make appropriate action plans, and motivating them to reach their goals and their full potential ultimately. I loved these reflections so much that I made a worksheet out of them, and I wanted to pass it on to you. Hope it serves you well as you thoughtfully prepare for a great 2012! Just pass on this great info to others with either Facebook or Twitter, and the worksheet is yours!
Reflection Worksheet
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My dad’s recent email provoked a more thoughtful response out of me regarding my recent long-distance mountain trek in the remote hills of Hong Kong. It was a proverbial whopper ®. I am now ready to discuss what happened that night. It all came down to Experience and Experimentation. I had been preparing for the 100km mountainous endurance trek for about 4 months, but I came to realize that it just wasn’t enough. I’m older now, and therefore I need to plan and prepare more thoroughly. I can’t just wing it and get away with surviving by the skin of my teeth anymore.
The slippy and muddy mountain
I was fit enough, but I needed more experience with all the crazy matters that are important during an endurance event this long and this rugged: staying hydrated, keeping your feet dry (from sweat and rain), attending to your body before you develop injuries, ingesting calories at the right time, and also responding to the weather appropriately. Very different from the marathons and triathlons I’ve done previously. You also can’t just do running and sit-ups for conditioning and expect to finish this grueling event happy and healthy. You have to surrender to the hardcore requirement of learning skills that go along with trekking and semi-mountaineering. Multi-tasking and using walking poles were good examples of this.
So I came to this race haphazardly and without sufficient respect for the magnitude of the challenge. I wanted to go on experimenting and having fun, when in reality I needed to prepare for the worst case scenario. And that’s exactly what happened… in the dark of night, after 10 hours of tough hiking, it started to rain on the steepest, most treacherous part of the dreaded Stage 3 of the MacLehose Trail. I didn’t have a wind- and water-proof jacket, so I sloshed around in the mud for as long as my body held up. Then I hit the wall, and it was downhill fast. Hadn’t drunk enough liquids, hadn’t eaten enough, had got too cold, had got too wet, had a blister, and hadn’t stretched enough.
I’ll be going back next year with much more experience and respect for the challenge. I’m glad I am able to learn such cool lessons.
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