Better together

Today I'm back again with a blog, which should have been there yesterday... However, yesterday I
had an amazing day on the other side of our small country, so was on the road a lot and enjoying myself there. From my house to our destination yesterday is probably the furthest you can drive and stay in the Netherlands, which was a little over 3.5 hours. So, why do it? A while ago we had planned a fun get together with some of my friends from water-skiing. Initially we planned a BBQ, but because the first autumn 'storm' was planned, the meal plans were slightly changed. It was still delicious food, but that was not the main part of yesterday. Most important was getting together again, after the season has ended for already quite some time and the last time we saw each other was... last week! But still we really enjoy spending time together around the waterski season too and do some things that are not related to skiing and talking about something not related to skiing for once, who knew I could do that! It was great to spend some time together and the next time will be in Florida, so no escaping the skiing and ski talk, which is no problem of course!
Since I'm not actually skiing right now, it's more difficult to have topics to blog about. Of course I'm doing things, but not everything is related to skiing or my goals in such a way that I think it would make an interesting blog. However, I do try to take my inspiration from anything that is happening, so that my blogs stay up-to-date and relevant to what is happening. Thus I want to spend a little time writing about how important the people around the sport are in many aspects. Water-skiing is an individual sport, at the end of the day there's 1 person on the water setting a result and that's what counts. There are countless of people necessary in the process of setting that results, which I also explained last week, judges, drivers, sponsors, parents, etc. who cannot be taken for granted, but there are no teammates at the moment supreme. Still it can sometimes feel like I'm in, not 1, but multiple teams. There's everyone at 'my club' at home with whom I form a team, at national level competition, we feel like we're skiing for our club. This is very entertaining and even though since it such a small sport you support everyone, it's fun to feel like part of a club in particular. Then there's the national team, especially at Europeans, but also other competitions, it's great to be around them. It's motivating to be around a bigger group of passionate people all working for the same thing, not only on the water but also around it. We all want similar things and it's great to see everyone working for it in their own way, because if you focus on only yourself, your journey, your goals in an already individual sport, I believe you'll start working against yourself. Besides that I really genuinely love being around some of the people who understand and share what I'm trying to do, or those who understand and support it. It's the people around the sport that make it that much more enjoyable and I cannot wait to be skiing again, especially when we will be in Florida together again.
For now it's only 13 more days till I leave to Florida! Less than 2 weeks and I'm ever so excited. I'm super motivated to put an extra boost on my training to be 100% fit and ready when I get to Florida!