In the eyes of a colleague..

I'd like to make this the top-1o list of the ever-skeptical comments regarding me and ironman this year:

1. I had just finished teaching 3 courses in a row and I just wanted to run to take a 5 minute break in my room before coaching and then working duty until 11:00pm... I mention to someone that I was off for a quick break. His comment is "too much training?" chuckle chuckle.

2. Someone asks if I signed up, and then says: "You can't be ready for the fatigue, but you can try to prepare..." chuckle chuckle.

3. 3:00pm, working away in a staff room with a cup of herbal tea. Oh... is that coffee?

I can laugh this off... but the comments do strike a sensitive chord.

i'd like to rise above- be more and live up to their expectations. i suppose if i think i'm "so good" that I can do something so great in terms of commitment as well as teach, then I better do it with class and grace. Funny- because I was deciding that I would just go to class in a ponytail and not worry about make-up. But it looks a bit tawdry... and I think this goes with following the commitments with grace.

full stop.



what i do know- is that this is possible - and that i can also teach at the same time.