1 . A video of Tommy Carroll skating near his home has been viewed millions of times around the globe, gaining him fame as a skateboarder. He can’t see, but he can pull off some of the most incredible _______ on his skateboard without showing any _______. “I think everybody should know that everything happens for a reason and that there’s always a way to _______ an obstacle if you really want it enough”. Carroll said in the video.

Carroll, was born with the retinal (视网膜) cancer and lost his _______when he was two years old. He _______ to skateboard at the age of ten and has been on the board ever since. In the video, he explains how he uses sound to _______, listening for what’s around him and gaining a sense of his surroundings through his ears.

“I am always constantly using the sound of my wheels to _______ if there’s anything in my way and get my sense of _______ ,” he says. Carroll used to get lots’ of doubts from ‘his classmates about his _______for mastering’ the sports. “There were people who ________ me. ” Carroll smiled, adding, “They considered it no way, taking it for granted that people like me, can’t skateboard. But I just ________ them. ”

Though courageous, Carroll learns to be ________. When he skateboards in the new location, he gradually ________ himself with the surroundings. After a number of rides he then starts trying tricks. “Falling is as ________ as the sport itself. ” he said, “I have proved peers ________.”

2 . Tempo (节奏) runs scare me. Those long and hard efforts always look impossible when I see them on paper.

I remember one 50-minute run_______. I saw it on my training plan and immediately created a laundry list of_________for why this was just not going to work, why I wasn’t fit enough, why I wouldn’t_______ — why I would fail.

Before I even laced up my shoes, I’d already _______ myself I couldn’t do this. Instead of using the warm-up to find my pace, _________for success, and get excited to make the best of it, I adopted a_________mind set (心态), revisited my list of excuses and_______ further into the bad-attitude trap. I quit the workout_________even before I started. After that, I shortened more workouts and my fitness moved backwards soon.

The _______, I realized, was that I treated my entire training plan like a tempo run — hard, fast and________. I felt that if I didn’t hit a workout early, I wouldn’t be able to________.

I realized I needed to treat my training like my favourite________: the long run. I love settling into a relaxed pace, enjoying the route and__________on only one goal — finishing. I love that I can have a bad mile in the middle and still end ________ .

Now, when I set a new goal and__________a new training plan, I have what I call “the long-run mindset”. I’m not ________for immediate results, as I have been in the past. I ________more about the big picture and my long-term goals as a________. Yes, there is still an important place for hard, fast tempo runs, but I have__________ my attitude, to think bigger than short-term ________ and instead work toward lifelong success.