Beth Brandon:
"This column was originally addressed to Gisele Bundchen, wife of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who wrote an email to her friends asking for support for her husband prior to the Super Bowl.
Dear Gisele,
I’m sorry about your husband’s recent loss. What a shame. I know that there were so many fans out there rooting for him and sending positive energy to him so that he and his team would feel “confident, healthy and strong,” but sadly they lost to Eli and the gang, again.
I must admit, I didn’t focus too hard on sending dear Tommy lots of good vibes. He’s a lucky guy already. I didn’t figure he’d need my help. Sorry about that.
I’m writing to ask for a little advice. Aside from praying for positivity how would you recommend handling a rivalry between two fiercely competitive teams?
I guess I should give you a little background. I live in Aspen. Type A might as well be short for type Aspen, because we have a long history of competitors here.
We compete at just about everything. Even Super Bowl Sunday is big. Some competitive fans sold out bars and restaurants by Saturday. There were even dueling parties of Super Bowl decadence. Who served the best hot wing is still up for debate. It’s just kind of how we operate.
We aren’t incredibly picky about our competition, just so long as we keep that edge and are doing better than the next guy or gal. Though, I would say that the vast majority of Aspen’s competition stems from sport and individual performance.
Living here gets you in shape physically, but just when you think you had a great pace hiking up Highland Bowl, or any number of other favorite trails, someone passes you, on their fourth lap.
Type-A locals count their days in the bowl, their laps on the gondy and their best time up Spar Gulch. Shaving minutes off exercise is something mere mortals don’t pay attention to. However, there’s actually a time chart in the gondola for those type-A demigods to track their daily progress.
I’m sure you can relate to competitive behavior, and Tommy is probably still replaying that last missed catch in the end zone, or the lack of defense that was supposed to work to his advantage. What a bummer.
I still enjoyed watching the game though, as I am a football fan through and through. Sunday fun-days are going to feel a lot different now. Football withdrawal in Aspen is short. Now we only have skiing, longer days and a hearty après season to sink our teeth into.
We Aspenites are in the midst of a little competition ourselves. We’re a historic town with mining days and quiet years. Recently we’ve come across a time that shall be known to most as the great RoLo incident of 2012......"(Be sure to click title to read on....)
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