This quote by the great Muhammad Ali is EXACTLY what I needed to read today!

Prepping for this expedition has taught me that temptation to quit can be so cleverly disguised, wrapped in ‘common sense’ and ‘logic’. Logically speaking, a Lyme Disease patient shouldn’t be able to handle the almost impossible conditions of the Antarctic, let alone try to ski in them.

And yet that is exactly what I am aiming to do. I am choosing to do the seemingly impossible and exploring the power I have to change perceptions on diagnosis and treatment so others don’t have to suffer as I did.

Due to injury and illness I haven’t been able to train properly since early November and I can see now that the disappointment at not being able to make it to Antarctica last year and frustrations at the niggles and injuries got to me. So I started entertaining the idea pf quitting. I lost confidence in my ability to secure funding and to be physically able to complete the challenge.

Rather than being honest with myself and facing my fears and misgivings head on I pulled a classic Genny move and buried them instead. But fear is like a cancer, it spreads and wreaks havoc wherever it goes.

I decided I needed to shake things up and face my fears or soon I’d end up having to postpone the trip yet again. So I decided to switch up my training plan and today I trued out a class at the altitude centre and I LOVED it! I’m really looking forward to developing my training plan with them. Their HIIT class put me through my paces with no ankle pain!!

All this to say that if you, like me, have set yourself a seemingly impossible goal and have failed to attain it multiple times, then do not fret. Don’t let fear hold you hostage. Get up, try again and channel your inner Muhammad Ali!