{"id":3474,"date":"2016-11-07T08:23:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T13:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/revolutionofman.org\/?p=3474"},"modified":"2017-11-08T08:58:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T14:58:38","slug":"we-become-whatever-we-pursue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revolutionofman.org\/we-become-whatever-we-pursue\/","title":{"rendered":"We Become Whatever We Pursue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several years ago, I decided to do my first triathlon. It was a sprint distance course which is the shortest distance. For a rookie triathlete, a sprint may as well be an full Ironman.<\/p>\n

For years, I had been a hard partier. I drank, smoked and partook in various extracurricular activities (ie. drugs). In high school, I was a varsity swimmer, I wrestled and played lacrosse. In my first two years of college I was an athlete, a swimmer. However, the party animal lifestyle is what I pursued.<\/p>\n

Somewhere along the line, I stopped being an athlete and pursued being a party animal.<\/p>\n

What happened?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I became what I pursued. We all do. Most the time were are unaware of the change until we look back and have an \u2018ah ha\u2019 moment.<\/p>\n

Training for my first triathlon revealed the damage of my pursuit of partying. My lungs didn\u2019t work properly, my swim sucked and I could not run more than a few miles.<\/p>\n

After my first race, I realized something had changed. I had become a triathlete. Today, I enjoy longer races, like the half Ironman. I can run a marathon, swim two miles and bike 60+ miles if I want.<\/p>\n

Finally, I was transformed from a broken-down partier to an athlete because I became what I was pursuing.<\/p>\n