In my experience…..
Stage One – I hate this. Why am I doing this? I don’t belong here? This. Is. Not. Me.
Stage Two – It’s getting better. I am never going to like it, but I no longer feel like a fish out of water.
Stage Three – I get this. I can do this. I’m going to enter an event just to prove to myself that I can. I don’t love it, but it is no longer a chore.
Stage Four – It is no longer something that I have to do but something that I want to do. If I can’t do it, I miss it. And I can’t stop entering events.
Stage Five – This defines me. I am actually a fit person. If I can’t get to the gym WHO AM I?
