Nervous, Excited....Both? Neither?

If you are a follower then you know that I started a couch to marathon program here in the North Dallas area called Marathon Makeover North Dallas.  This is a 40 week program that helps ordinary people do the extraordinary - train for and complete a marathon.

Well it is kick-off eve which means that tomorrow I will be staring into the face of strangers who will be looking to me for answers.  Answers to questions I may have never thought of.  Answers to concerns about issues I never dreamt of or even knew existed.  How will I go about giving them an answer?

Am I nervous about this kick-off meeting?  Yes I am but not in the way you may think.  I am not nervous about public speaking.  It's in my nature.  It's something I'm good at.  I can stand in a room of people and talk that isn't the problem.  The problem is about the things I can't control.  Such as I printed up and made 75 copies of the registration form....is that enough?  I had a dream that 300 people showed up.  I have the DVD player in the car and I know it works, but will it work tomorrow?  I have my signs ready to put outside of the Coppell Family YMCA but will I forget the stakes to put them into the ground?  These are the things that make me nervous.  I am a planner. I write down things and scratch them off when they are complete.  My list is written and scratched off but I'll go through it one more time.  Make me feel better.

I am excited about seeing these new faces.  I love meeting new people and hearing their stories.  I love seeing their facial expressions when telling a story whether its smiles or tears.  I truly enjoy knowing that I am going to help these people change their lives for the better.  Of course some that show up won't register for the program but they will have been affected by a room full of people looking to help themselves, for that I have no doubt.

2011 has been a great year already and we are only two weeks into it.  Tomorrow will mark the mid-way point of January and it will be the first ever kick-off meeting for Marathon Makeover North Dallas.  Registrants will be the first ever participants of the MMND program.  They will have done something that nobody else has ever done and that is become a member of Team Baha and MMND.  They will also embark on their journey to join an elite group.  A group that included names like Shalene, Kara, Meb, Beth (SUAR), EMZ, and so many other blogging buddies plus my wife BUTt it is limited to the fact that only 1% of the WORLD'S population has run a marathon.  That is elite company right there.

I am also excited about the fact that I have begun the process of building a network that will help these participants over the next 40 weeks and beyond.  I have partnered with North Dallas Nutrition, Dr Goodman of Spring Valley Sports and Spinal Care, Vicky Sheahan of C-Prime.  HoneyMilk is the official recovery drink of Marathon Makeover nationally along with Ada Wong as the National Spokesperson and Online Team Leader. 

There is a lot of momentum and a lot of excitement.  2011 is great and only getting better.

Thank you to our partners and thank you for reading/following my blog.  I will post tomorrow what the 2011 team looks like, and have pictures as well.