I did not win any medals, but I won something more valuable instead: Defeat of my inner self and a wholesome experience. I shaved off a whopping 10 seconds from my 100m manikin carry w/ fins event and 8 seconds from my 100m manikin tow w/ fins events. YEEHA. The relay and rope throw events were good experience as well. I just soaked in the atmosphere yesterday: the tension before every event, the look on each person's face before their event, while on the starting blocks, and after the events, the shagness clearly evident from that 200m Super Lifesaver or Rescue Medley. A showcase of pure determination, all-the-way attitude and enduring-till-the-end mentality.
At the end of the day, prizes were given out and champions named amid jubilation. But most importantly, how we stood till the end as a team and how every one of us conquered that inner self of ours.
Da ULC Family. HOO-AH!!!
"Victory isn't defined by wins or losses. It is defined by effort. If you can truthfully say, 'I did the best I could, I gave everything I had,' then you're a winner."
- Wolfgang Schadler
