MudRunFun Magazine Sept. 2013 | Page 16

excuse whatsoever to tackle any obstacles that may those who can’t. I do it for those people, because I come your way, either physical or metaphorical. could have been in their position. I could have been I mean just seeing this man bust through these laid up in bed all day, just waiting till my time was courses gave me even more determination, more up. But I’m not; I’m happy to say that I’m extremely drive, and made me want to push myself even blessed to wake up every morning with a new lease further than I have before. on life. I have faced a lot of obstacles thus far and I Yes, it is still hard adjusting going through my cancer treatment; I’m not going to lie about that. The constant switching up of medicines, the days where you don’t want to get out of bed, the days when you just don’t care anymore; but then I remember: I. Am. Extremely. Lucky. It could have been so much worse for me, I could have been terminally ill, I could have never woken up from the surgery I had to go through. But I’m not and I wasn’t. I get to wake have been beaten to the ground, but I continue to get up and nothing will ever stand in my way. I keep pushing myself to my limits and then even further. Why? Because I can. I have been given that chance, so I will continue to build on that. So I’ll ask you again, what’s your excuse? up each morning to a new day and I get to do the things I love. I get to still workout, I get to see and talk to my family, I get to talk to my friends and I get to live my life. And that is why I continue to push Oh, and one more thing… MUDRUNFUN!!!!!!!!!!! myself. No matter what the circumstances, I do it for 13