Iapetus999 and the Olympian
It was my honor to meet Olympic Two-Time Bronze Medalist J. R. Celski yesterday in my local 24 Hour Fitness gymnasium. He won the bronze medal in short-track speed-skating in the men's 1500 meters race and the men's 5000 meter relay in the 2010 Winter Olympics. He’s a little guy but very polite and gracious, despite having to face a gym full of screaming female teenagers worthy of a Twilight premiere.
I thought of writing a post equating winning an Olympic medal to writing a novel, but frankly I have no idea what it takes to win a medal. Reading his website, I see that he’s been skating and rollerblading since he was little, and performed in a lot of Junior events around the country over the years. Maybe that’s what I need to be doing…competing, putting myself out there, entering every competition and contest I can find, sharpening my skills like J. R. sharpens his blades.
Then maybe someday I’ll be the one sitting behind the table with screaming girls waiting in line just to see me.
Cool post, Andrew. I've been so busy I have no time to blog. This weekend, I should get back on it. I have a new blog, btw http://twhite17.com. It's currently under construction (trying to change hosts) but that's where you should be able to find me. It's WordPress and I'm still trying to figure it out, teach myself HTML and some other languages. Stop on by!
ReplyDeleteLOL—be careful about sharpening those blades. JR can tell you plenty about the hazards, too ;) .
ReplyDeleteTo me, it's so much cooler to meet an Olympian than say, a politician. :-) Nice post. And I've nominated you for an award over on my blog. Come by and check it out! http://jayeckert.blogspot.com/2010/03/honest-scrap-award-redux.html
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