Making a Man Out of Myself This Weekend

This weekend is significant for a large portion of the Human Population.  For Jews around the world, Pesach, known in English as Passover begins at sundown.  All around the world, Jews will be having their Seder dinners with friends and family while retelling the exodus from Egypt.  There will of course be lots of wine (4 glasses) and of course Matzah

For Christians around the world, today is known as Good Friday, the Friday before Easter that commemorates a Passover Seder of all things.  All around the world Christians will be celebrating one of the most monumental days in their faith.  While I do not personally celebrate this holiday,  I wish a happy a healthy weekend for my friends and family who do see this holiday as momentous.

While both of these are significant in their own right, I have an extra major event in my life this week.  Any of you who have been following my posts on this blog have likely seen my writings about the race I am running Saturday known as T3.  That begins at dawn and I am spending all of today ensuring that I am properly hydrated and am carb loading as much as able.  To that end, and for my personal health, I am not able to maintain the commandments of Pesach this year as well as being unable to keep Shabbat for obvious reasons.

But the price is worth the reward if I can grasp it.  Completing T3 has been a self imposed challenge of mine for the past year.  I am have had this goal in my sight even before I vowed to reignite my Judaism so I apologize for those reading this who think I am stomping on my faith, I made this commitment first and in finishing it, I can focus on other and potentially greater commitments.

As I continue to hydrate myself all day and eat healthy foods, the goal is in my sight, and it is my hope that by tomorrow night, I will have earned my elite status and have truly become a man both mentally and physically.