This is a method to raise money as well as motivate for training that may not work for all. It does for me though because im way too competetive for my own good. The essence is simple, make a bet over a race with your friends and donate the winnings to charity. The downside is that if you lose then you’re out the money that you’ve bet, if you win its all gravy. Because if you win then not only have you raised money for charity you’ve pushed yourself that much harder and further than you would have otherwise.

The bet my friends and I made last night is two-fold. The first part of the bet is that I will beat my friends girlfriend in a sprint triathalon in April. She has done the triathalon for at least the past two years, I’ve never done one. The other side of the bet is that if i lose in the straight up contest I will still finish within two minutes of her time.

Yes, there’s plenty of opportunity to lose and logic says i probably should. The flip-side is this is a bet on myself and I can use that as fuel to train harder and better because if i lose then its a personal loss because i view the bet as being on my ability to get up to speed. I dont see it as a bet against my friends girlfriend cause i know she’s more than capable of winning but more of a bet on myself that im also as capable.

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