Doing a 20km training run in the midday sun with my winter training layers on and on a time limit before work wasn't the challenge of today. The phone call that I missed right before it and then followed after it was.
Snickers and I got offered an all expenses paid trip to Australia -- our plane tickets, hotel and meals covered -- if we agreed to a 10 round fight. The fight is scheduled for Saturday but because it's being held in Australia it'd mean we'd have to leave tomorrow. One days notice to get things ready, pack things and get our butts on that plane for would could be up to a 25 hour flight -- no pressure, no stress. I wasn't able to really talk about the opportunity beyond with a couple of close friends and possibly am still not able to talk about it in detail because of legal complications with KBC. It was very nerve racking having to keep this a secret and I was itching to tell a friend. I ended up telling my closest foreign friend today and then later I spilled my beans to one of my running partners but that wasn't until Wednesday night, after it had boiled up inside of me and I just couldn't keep it in anymore.
We were put in a really tough situation between being able to do what we love and doing what is legally right and best for our physical well being. The possible complications are lengthy, ranging from being fined to possibly needed to take off work to nurse injuries. And by injuries I mean a broken hand and perhaps a broken nose. This wasn't simply a trip down under, it was business and the business was rather dirty and brutal.
We decided to go with what we love so plans to go to Australia were moved forward and we waited all day for word. Long into the evening we heard word but it was for us to wait until tomorrow.
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