Gym Rats (1/16/14) -
An interesting thing happened in the gym today that completely reaffirmed my motivation and dedication to Inception. But first, a bit of background.
Although our 2013 season ended with a loss in the game-to-go to eventual 3rd place finishers at Nationals, Johnny Bravo, there was plenty of reason for Inception to hold their heads high. From day 1 of tryouts, the goal for Inception was to get to the game-to-go in the South Central region because while a loss meant missing nationals, the simple fact of earning a spot into the game would open up the possibilities for Inception to compete in higher quality tournaments in 2014. This includes our home-based tournament in August,
Colorado Cup. In 2013, Inception was snubbed a bid to CC despite having a better 2013 ranking, as well as having beaten some teams invited to the tournament. Why? Because regular season event invites are divvied up according to the results from the previous year's Conference Championships (Sectionals) and more importantly, Regionals. Suffice to say, Inception had a...less than impressive result in 2012, finishing 5th in the region for the second year in a row, which cost them bids to the higher tiered tourneys the following year.
So, jump forward to the 2013 Regional game-to-go loss, and it's easy to see why Inception was content with the 2013 campaign. Or so I thought. It wasn't until our weekly gym/lifting session this week that I learned I was not the only one whose content had quickly worn thin.
