No Limits!
Being the small, wimpy kid in elementary school and through
high school never landed me onto any school sports. Nor was I ever chosen first
for any recess activities or intramural games. To this day, I can remember
trying out for the cross-country team in high school and bailing out the first
day. I never had in me the strength to push beyond what your own body is
capable of doing, or so I thought…
After high
school I started hanging with a crowd that one may not want to introduce to
his/her parents. That crowd led me to a place where I found myself and
discovered that my body does not have any limits. I was standing around a bunch
of guys, in the yard, with nothing to do! They are all doing pull-ups. One of
them yells to me, get on the bar! I had never done a pull-up in my life. I was
always the small wimpy kid, but something happened inside me. My thoughts
shifted from I can’t, to I want to try.
Today, I am
not afraid to try anything that involves running, lifting weights,
cross-fitting, etc. What I want to capture on film, is what goes into this type
of sport by the athlete. A marathon runner: what are his/hers rituals prior to
race day? A cross-fitter heading to the games: how much he/she trains before
competition? To train for something that one is passionate about is art. The
preparation that one puts in before heading out in front of the crowd is magic
in itself. I want to document the pre–rituals that go into the preparation for
a competition. If you are thinking I am a little late to the game, well you are
wrong. Right now our media documents the big sports like baseball, football,
and basketball and not enough for sports like running, cross fitting and weight
lifting.
