"It is not the mountain that we conquer, but ourselves."🙏 Embracing My Inner Dark Side. There is a part of me that is very much alive when i do silly things like hike up the BCMC with a 52lb kettlebell in my backpack(in a rainstorm). It isn't pretty. It is that that part of me i summon in the worst situations. The part i shelter from the ones closest to me. Like a pitbull on a leash by my side, he can protect me or get me in trouble! Sometimes i think about my great grandpa who escaped a concentration camp twice or my father who used to work countless hours as an immigrant in a new country. My mind dwells into even weirder places like my mother being pregnant with me in a refugee camp. There is something comforting about being in this darkness. Perhaps i wonder if it is where i came from. One thing i do know is that this (and things like Spartan, Ironman and Kickboxing/MMA) are the places where i really can embrace that side of me in a productive and constructive way. It is that look a dog gives you when you finish a long run. That perfect level of exhaustion combined with doing an awesome athletic feat. I may not always be the strongest, or the fastest, but i am gritty and i work with the gifts i have been given or born into. I am thankful for today. Today was a win. Today i chose my adversity and conquered it. And next week i will do it again. 🙏💪❤ . . . . #kettlebelltraining #bcmctrail #grousegrind #grousemountain #rainstorm #grit #fitnessmotivation #fitnessinspiration #determination #fitnessfreak #ironman #spartanrace #ocrracer #ocr #letsdothis #adversity #defensiveego #vancity #vanfitfam #vnfr #lovemylife #playground #westend #gastown #yaletown #coalharbour (at Grouse Mountain-The Peak of Vancouver) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2uky9zn2cx/?igshid=14lq1fbfo1avm