First Reflection in Anticipation of the Summer

I personally am so glad to have had some time to sit down and process the team building that happened during the race and in the last few days following it. Lindy and I have each gotten to get a little bit more sleep, although our schedule is pretty packed with training details. Let me share a bit of what we have learned about our team...

In our debrief time, we all came to the conclusion that part of the reason our team was so successful (We came in 2nd by 5 minutes!!) was because we each have different talents that didn't compete with each other. For example Anna is good at encouraging, strategizing and identifying people's strengths and helping them use them at the right times. Lindy is good at details, and solving riddles, she also can run for a LONG time and motivated us in that way. She also was able to give us an extra dose of competitiveness if ever we needed it. Metka has an amazing talent for finding just the right people to help us find our way :) She was willing to walk up to anyone and ask them for help, she also is very flexible and can put aside pain etc to keep going. She also is very persistant and willing to give all she has for whatever is important. (Mary was too humble to put her strengths here so.. I will) Mary has a photographic memory as well as strong will and determined spirit. She was great at locating places by the pictures we were given along with motivating us to have fun amongest the chaos. (None of us realized how hard we pushed ourselves until we stopped!!).

We have a great team!!

We realized that when we were united together and had a tight bond within the team we were able to meet the challenges ahead in such a powerful way. Unity will be so important as we meet the common challenge of sharing our lives this summer.

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Mary for the LindyMary team