Crossfit Open | Elin Härkönens blogg

I don't really know what just happened... But I just register to Crossfit Open... What a surprise hey! haha I love competing , and it is one of the things I miss the most after my accident . But that I would compete in crossfit was not really planned. I guess I have started to like being more spontanous . It is so not me. But I kind of enjoy it. I used to plan everything, in detail. I remember I felt that I needed to, to be able to fit everything in... I wanted to plan so I could optimize my time. Especially when I was an elite athlete, planning was a MOST for me. I wanted to become the BEST I could be, so I wanted to use the time wisely. I was structured, ambitious, focused and determined. I was a competitive person and will always be. It is part of my personality. When I was competing I was never focusing on my competitors, I wasn't competing against everyone else, I was competing against myself . Everytime I trained I wanted to beat myself... Every training I was aiming to do something better than last time... I always wanted to imrpoved something in my training, and when I did, I won ... It made me better. and that meant I needed to be even better next time. I don't like when people get too obsessed with the people they are competing against. Comparing scores, skills, strength... well it can be good to have in mind at what level everyone else is... But in the end, the only thing that matter is how good YOU are, and how PREPARED you are. If you focus too much time on the others and how they are doing.... you have less time for your own training. Focus on you, work hard and be the best you can be... and I promise you that you will do well! I don't know why I started to write about this, but I guess I want to say: DON'T compare yourself with everyone else! Focus on You. This is something I really need to do now during this competition I am about to participate in. I have noone else than myself to compete against. I am doing this for me. I am only competing cause I want to have the experience. I don't have any expectations at all... other than having fun and enjoying the feeling of being able to compete again! # breakitandyouwillmakeit