Walls of Inspiration

The “Last Lecture” is a tradition for Carnegie-Mellon professors who faced with the hypothetical of their untimely death must present one last lecture. For Dr. Randy Pausch, it isn’t a hypothetical. He is dying of pancreatic cancer.

In his version “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” Dr. Pausch provides us with his perspective on the barriers or “walls” that might prevent us from attaining those dreams. He states, “The brick walls that are in our way are there for a reason. They are not there to keep us out. They are there to give us a way to show us how bad we want it.”



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Therein lays the secret of all great athletes, overcoming the barriers to achieve the dream. The video above may not be able to take the pain away as you train or during a race, but it just might provide some perspective and a sort of "cognitive dissonance" for it.

And as you lay out your plans, goals, and target races for the season ahead remember that although you may not achieve it all, "you can still get a lot out of trying."

Ride strongly this year, and always chase the dream.