Chrissie Wellington and my Couchpotato

a couple of days ago I had the honor of meeting Chrissie Wellington in Person, I guess anyone who ever had any kind of interest in Triathlons knows who this amazing person is.
First She did a book signing and we all got our Picture taken with her and  later in the evening She held a talk , it was a Talk from a Triathlete ( Professional one that is ) to other Triathletes.
That women is just amazing and the Passion She shows about Triathlon and Charities She is helping is kind of contagious.
A person like Chrissie Wellington is very clearly a driven person and that certainly is not a bad thing, only with that kind Energy a person can archive what She has archived.
So that brings me back to me and my internal couch potato, I'm very clearly not driven and do not confuse this with laziness, I work hard but I'm not a person who is looking constantly up the career ladder.
My big problem is a small voice in my head , this voice says "Do an Ironman" .The Rest of me tells me "you are bonkers", the internal Couch potato says : "you can't do this"
But then that small little voice is asking a simple Question : Why can't you do this ?
There have been Cancer Patients who are doing it , people of all ages are doing it , why shouldn't I be able to pull this of?
And there is no answer for this one, I'm healthy , I have more then enough time in my life to put the proper Training into this. I have the basic Triathlon kit. No Reason not to start this.
Except the Fear of failure, but listening to Chrissie Wellington made pretty clear to me She is experiencing the same kind of fear and not there are plenty of other people who do fear this kind of Challenge, it is normal to have this Fear the trick is to overcome it.
I believe rather strongly to pull this kind of adventure through, I would need to be driven at least to a certain extend and here is the funny thing , I start to believe that being driven can be learned. I think to learn it, I have to surround myself with People who are driven, a Triathlon Club is the perfect ground for this.
I also think reading the right books  from People who have archived something amazing by being driven will help, Chrissie Wellington , Mark Pollock are some good starters.
That kind of charisma can rub off, I have defiantly changed since I have changed the People who surround me.