I decided to celebrate the day by being grateful for them, but more importantly, by not worrying about them. It doesn't do them any good, and for me it only causes stress.
Furthermore, I decided that the only useful thing I would do today is ride my bike. I'm glad to report that I had the kind of workout that I needed right now. My confidence has been noticeably lacking as of late, and I know that's primarily because of my running woes. Today's good ride reminded me that the bike element is still the biggest opportunity to have a successful ironman. Of course I still need to be able to run/walk a marathon, but if I can arrive at that point with gas in the tank, then all will be well.
Combining today's good feelings with the way I have felt in the pool lately, and I have managed to find a spark of positive. I think the challenge going forward is to keep the running in perspective. As long as I can get some regular long ones in, and as long as I can get shorter ones in after my rides, then I simply need to accept the pace I do them at. When I reminded Odd John the other day that no matter how slow he went on his training runs that he was bound to be even slower on race day, it hit me that I needed to be reminded of the same thing. I'm supposed to be building endurance, not speed.
And I may have already told you this, but I believe the biggest factor in my new swimming prowess is simply that I have learned to relax. I have finally accepted that I will always need a flotation aid of some kind, and I have stopped watching the clock at all. I never know until after my workout is over, how fast or slow I swam, and because my watch counts my laps for me, I don't have that stress either. In further support of this new found relaxation, today I ordered a waterproof music player. I think it will take some of the tedium out of the long efforts. I will report on that once I get it. The other thing I have come to terms with is that I'm only gonna swim twice per week for the duration. I am entirely convinced that it will be sufficient.
And while I know it's fruitless to hope, I really wish this weather would break. My feet are constantly cold!
Oh, and because she doesn't count as family I decided to hang a few pictures for my cherry blossom. Even that is selfish however. No matter how many times I forget it, I always come back to the realization that whatever little things I may do for my wife, they usually come back multiplied! (funny how that doesn't work with my kids....)
computrainer 120 mins, 90 mins at 170 watts!!!
....and I have long preached that a person's strength is also usually their weakness, but I have never realized how true it was for me in this, a slightly different context...
"My family is my strength and my weakness."---Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Love
Peter
Furthermore, I decided that the only useful thing I would do today is ride my bike. I'm glad to report that I had the kind of workout that I needed right now. My confidence has been noticeably lacking as of late, and I know that's primarily because of my running woes. Today's good ride reminded me that the bike element is still the biggest opportunity to have a successful ironman. Of course I still need to be able to run/walk a marathon, but if I can arrive at that point with gas in the tank, then all will be well.
Combining today's good feelings with the way I have felt in the pool lately, and I have managed to find a spark of positive. I think the challenge going forward is to keep the running in perspective. As long as I can get some regular long ones in, and as long as I can get shorter ones in after my rides, then I simply need to accept the pace I do them at. When I reminded Odd John the other day that no matter how slow he went on his training runs that he was bound to be even slower on race day, it hit me that I needed to be reminded of the same thing. I'm supposed to be building endurance, not speed.
And I may have already told you this, but I believe the biggest factor in my new swimming prowess is simply that I have learned to relax. I have finally accepted that I will always need a flotation aid of some kind, and I have stopped watching the clock at all. I never know until after my workout is over, how fast or slow I swam, and because my watch counts my laps for me, I don't have that stress either. In further support of this new found relaxation, today I ordered a waterproof music player. I think it will take some of the tedium out of the long efforts. I will report on that once I get it. The other thing I have come to terms with is that I'm only gonna swim twice per week for the duration. I am entirely convinced that it will be sufficient.
And while I know it's fruitless to hope, I really wish this weather would break. My feet are constantly cold!
Oh, and because she doesn't count as family I decided to hang a few pictures for my cherry blossom. Even that is selfish however. No matter how many times I forget it, I always come back to the realization that whatever little things I may do for my wife, they usually come back multiplied! (funny how that doesn't work with my kids....)
computrainer 120 mins, 90 mins at 170 watts!!!
....and I have long preached that a person's strength is also usually their weakness, but I have never realized how true it was for me in this, a slightly different context...
"My family is my strength and my weakness."---Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Love
Peter
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