brief moment of self-congratulating

[anotheranon]

Needless to say we didn't go to NYC this weekend, as neither of us had much interest in getting snowed in :P Which was disappointing, as my pro-activeness is on a roll and I don't want to lose my momentum.

So, I decided to go to the local tournament that I would have been going to had I been in town (which I now was).

I wasn't in a great headspace going in. I got lost on the way to the venue, so I didn't have much time to warm up, and my feet had been acting up all the day before. The venue was full of young and spry or older and experienced people and I started to assume I'd go down in flames.

But...

I managed to cut off the downward spiral in my mind and win 4 of 5 pool bouts, the other being against someone young, spry, AND experienced, so I didn't take it too hard.

Then I did 3 direct elimination bouts. Two against club mates with whom it can usually go either way, but I studiously avoided being stupid and won both by large margins. I even got 5 out of 15 in my last DE (semifinals!) against aforementioned young/spry/experienced person.

Upshot is, I tied for 3rd (out of 17) and managed to renew my rating :) And yes, I'm still a lowly E, but I've proved to myself that I can make lightning strike twice, and that felt good after a few weeks of winter doldrums and feeling like I'm spinning my wheels in all endeavors.

I got a medal and more importantly, CHOCOLATE. More competitions should offer this because it's a fabulous incentive :P

I'm still kind of wiped, but less from the fencing itself than from the celebration afterwards - D. got us a dinner of rich Italian food and wine with a tiramisu on top, so I think I'm still having "comedown" plus lingering food coma.

Comments

[hadesgirl.livejournal.com]

WOW!!!!!! All that AND a food-coma???????? :pppppp

YOU ROCK!!!! Congratulations, partner! Isn't it amazing when one's diligence and hard work pays off? I'll bet you were very pleased indeed.

YAHOO!!!

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

I knew you'd do it one day! If there was such a thing as footage of Alatriste applauding, it'd be embedded right here!

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Thanks y'all. My achievements in this sport may be modest, but as I'm not a natural I do find it VERY challenging, so, yeah, I'm pleased about this :)

[danabren.livejournal.com]

CHOK-LIT!

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

And now that you know the secret trinity for achieving success, you can do it again: hardly any prep time, sore feet, and chocolate rewards! ;-)