louiesails

Inspiration comes in many shapes and sizes, forms and ideas. Inspiration can come while watching the tube, while riding a bike, eating dinner or getting drunk and fucking your girlfriend. My point is inspiration flowers virtually from everywhere and sometimes it can lead you in trouble, sometimes it can make you smile and sometimes it can throw you across the world. I, for some reason, was inspired to join the navy. That decision has been nothing but a burden most of the time. But, every so often something will happen that makes me think what I did was the right choice. I live in Italy and the other day as I was running, I thought, Hey I bet I can do a marathon, actually I bet I can do a triathlon. What a vacation from the night life this will be I thought. I started doing research and the next thing I new I was ordering brand new running shoes and looking at brand new road bikes. Ive spent the past 5 or 6 years drinking at bars and smoking cigarettes. I never went to college and I never saved any money, Ive never bought my own car and Ive never really taken on personal responsibility and Ive made promises that I never kept with myself, Ive made Tomorrow promises. I havent been so great at keeping anything in my life very stable be it relationships (Sorry Teresa, you were a great girl who came in at a bad time) jobs even paying a simple cell phone bill. The few things that I stayed committed to might be explained as worthless such as drinking a beer on rainy days while I smoked a filter less Lucky Strike and watched from my balcony as the city turned to night. Ive been pretty good at going to watch my favorite bands play my favorite songs. Up until now Ive never stuck with anything, Ive always ran out, Ive always had an excuse. Today though, I think Ill stick with something, I think when I start training, I wont stop. I think when the day of the marathon comes, I wont stop. I think Ill run it for myself, for my mom and dad back home. I think Ill run it for my lungs and liver. I think Ill run it to see some more of Italy maybe Ill meet a cute girl who doesnt mind drinking a pint after dinner. Some people will think its stupid, some people wont understand where Im coming from but like I said inspiration can hit you when you least expect it and when it does, sometimes you cant ignore it. 26.6 miles of running, of freedom, of breaking away from my comfortable little room with my comfortable little books and my comfortable bottle of booze.