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[virtualvine]

What Lies Beneath

It's near the end of June and summer has turned up the heat.  Red tide keeps me off the beach in the morning and from swimming in open water before the sun chases me into the shade. There is a pool; however,  I prefer jumping off the boat and swim in the great deep blue ocean. It's exhilarating.  Normally a porpoise might check me out and I may scream but man they are amazing and powerful when they grace me with their presence.  Sometimes it's a shark lurking.  We look at each other and move along respecting one another.  

The heat has been intensifying as we move into the dog days of summer and I've been doing more Crossfit workouts than ever before.  I'll have a large cold water with me and the fans running.  If I'm lucky there is a nice breeze and I pick out my playlist and get to it.  Once I get going it feels good to be moving, even in the heat.  

Sure, it's easier to workout when it's cooler and less humid.  Yes, there are places with a/c to choose.  It's hard to explain; but, it steps up the mental game.  It reminds me that life does not go according to plan.  If you want it - it won't be easy.  It's going to prepare you for the worst days in life.   Those days you'd rather skip.  The crap that creeps into life and steals your soul if you let it.  

Don’t. Let. It. In.

[madfitter]

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