Relentless
effort, day after day after day. Rain, shine, tired, sore. Striving towards
each goal, setting another, relentlessly onwards. Planning. Aching. Yearning.
Knowing defeat, taking those feelings down deep inside where it will burn;
fuelling the fire, the passion. Determination; onwards, higher, faster,
stronger. Honing those skills; measuring success in millimetres, each gained
through sweat, pain, tears and planning. Being a living definition of inner
fortitude; striving ever on; four years of plans, goals, early mornings and
early nights.
Here
it is, the moment. Four years, here we are. Let’s go! It’s all come together,
the focus comes down to now. Shut out the crowd, replay the plan through my
head. I’m ready, I’m the best I can be. Time to bring it home.
Determination!
Leon
Wow Leon – what a wonderful place you have taken me to as a reader. I can see you on the start line (which event I’m not sure - perhaps you could add this detail somewhere in the piece when you recraft it) and I can feel the energy, nervousness and excitement that you must feel as you approach the moment. Your choice of vocab is so specific to this moment. I particularly love the listing sentence, “measuring success in millimetres, each gained through sweat, pain, tears and planning.”
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