Have Fun!

That is what my first boss in the Army, a kind female captain who was a great mentor, used to advise me to put at the end of the "goals" section of each Officer Evaluation Report Support Form, the form the junior officer gives to his rating senior officer at the beginning of the period.

My thought as I slogged through another hard weekend of training last weekend was to try to approach the impending IM and the remaining training, as much as possible as something I will enjoy, something I want to do, and to try to have fun with it. 

Yes, the moment of crossing the finish line (God willing) will be exhilarating, but what about the hundreds of hours of training time and the better part of a whole day of race time?  My thought is to try to enjoy the journey as much as the destination, because there will be a lot more of the former than the latter.