I'm Never Doing the Work Again

Well, HELLO MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!

Can you believe it? As I write, we are 140 days into 2025 and NOTHING is what I thought it would be...it's been BETTER.

How I can say that writing to you from a wheelchair with a busted knee with the inability to physically do all the things I love to do? It's pretty simple. I take a look at what I have and I am truly grateful. This is not some mumbo jumbo of someone using gratitude as clickbait, no, I mean I am REALLY grateful because I've lived long enough now to know there are no guarantees of ANYTHING, and each day is a gift.

However, if my injury has taught me anything, it's taught me that NOW is the time for even MORE change in DelMoLand. You see, when you commit to your craft, and you are willing to take the leap into your future self every now and then the Gods send you gifts for your courage. My gift occurred in the finish chute of Cherry Blossom last month when my knee popped. It was that moment the Gods reached out and said, "it's time."

Whoa DelMo...time for what?

The time has come for me to stop DOING THE WORK, at least physically. If my injury has taught me anything it's that my crew doesn't need me. For 20 years I took pride in always working side-by-side with my team running the gauntlet at events and doing everything together.  My hands were always equally callused, and clothes just as dirty. However, a wise man once said to me, "If you want to realize your potential, you have to get out of the back of the truck." And, that's exactly what I've been doing and what I will continue to do.

My superpower is creating opportunities for my crew to do what they love and foreseeing the good, bad, and the ugly while they do the work. It doesn't do us any good if my head is down grinding it out, and NO ONE is paying attention to the wind and tide of the business.

So far, I have piloted 4 events in this role and those events went better than I ever expected: MudHen IPA 5K, Broad Street Run, ACLI Capital Challenge, and RBC Brooklyn Half Marathon. Yes, it has been an adjustment to get things done a certain way leading into the event but this is where the growth takes place, and as the laws of nature will illustrate, if you're not growing, you're finished.

Where can you level up and change the game in your life? What can you do differently to yield the results you have always dreamt of? It's time for you to get in the driver's seat, better yet, it's time to get in the front seat and point the direction you want to go.

Rest easy,

Delmo