Hi everyone, just wanted to introduce myself and tell the story behind my name Half Second. I'm a 21 year old student and am on my university's rowing team. During the last weekend of April we had our regional rowing championships. In large regattas such as this one, the top two teams go to the Grand Final, and the 3rd/4th teams go to the Petite Final. In our heat we took 3rd. To even make the Petite was a huge step for our squad since we had done horribly up until two weeks out from this race. Anyway, in the Petite final we were dead even for first with the other contender for our conference title. I was sitting in the fourth seat of the boat, and every time I would look over I was staring directly at the other guy sitting in four seat. For the entire 2000 meters it was like this. They would take a seat on us, and we would take it back. We would get two on them, they'd take it right back. It came down to the wire, and when all was said and done, we took second to that team by .05 seconds. Since that race, I've kept my wristband on that all the competitors had to wear, and have committed myself to wearing it until we beat that particular team. Now, every time I'm in the gym and I even begin to consider short-changing myself, think about not eeking out that last rep, not going through the pain of that last rep, I look at my wristband and think to myself, "Half a second." So, there you have it. We all should have our own forms of accountability and motivation, and that one's mine.
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