Perspective

Through out the day we expeirance many different situations work, rest, workouts. Every now and then I will be caught in the fact that I am having a new perspective of things.

At work this happens all the time where I will doubt what I am doing, or I will just accept what I am doing as a job and many others are just working the same as me. But today when I was filling my truck up with gas I had this perspective of just how small I was in the world. Everybody moving so quickly around me and I am just so small tring to get by in the world.

The other new perspective I had came to me in the pool. Swimming for an entire year I spend a lot of time in the pool/ water. But today was different I was intially tired going to the pool but once I started swimming I could not stop. Where kicking used to bother me and take my energy it not longer did. As tired as I was every stroke felt good. It just felt good to mindlessly be going back and forth in the water it did not feel boring. And for the first time on one of my turns I looked up instead of down and it was different and I just appreciated it.

Swim
2700m
1:00:00hr

Training with someone else??

Today I decided to ride with someone else. Since I am going on to my second week of recovery and I will be back at it again next week. It was good the time went by fairly fast but not as fast as I thought it would. When you ride by yourself for an entire summer usually exhausted from work my brain would shut off anyways so I don't even really realize time. Anyways the whole experience of riding with someone else was frustrating first you have to wait till your both ready, then you have to meet up, and then you have to hope your both feeling good to go. Ugh. Too much work. Anyways all in all it was a good cycle I got my friend to pull most of the first lap and then I hammered out the second one and he was super stoked to be going to fast. So it worked out good for both of us.

Usually I have nothing exciting to write about and my days are fairly repetitive, but today was different. 3 good things actually happened today 1. my boss told me I am not getting laid off for another week 2. I test drove an amazing p2c which will be my next bike and 3. I had a good cycle with a friend I haven't seen in a while.

Cycle:

Distance: 33km
Avg pace: 28km/h

Sense of Accomplishment

Even though my race in muskoka was the worst race of my season. There is still a sense of accomplishment. I have the Official 70.3 mug and I drink from it with pride knowing I completed all 70.3 miles something most people have barley heard about. Now I just have to watch to be sure I do not develop an ego.


Rest Day

Boring Winnipeg

The day started with "work" which isn't really work. I work for the city and the most work I did all day was go for lunch with my aunt. I love my aunt and uncle they are always there for me they are two amazing people. Today all I did was cycle that was the other work I did today decide my workout.... Cycling in Winnipeg is boring to say the least it is ridiculusly flat and the roads are shit.

Cycle

86min
Avg speed 21.0 mph

Change

Life is hard and unpredictable... But you can never give up. Dont forget it.

Rest Day

Learing to rest

It is hard to realize that the race I spent an entire year training for is over... So what did I do I registered for another one ( and hopefully 2). Because triathlon is now more then just one race it is a part of my life. I love the way I look I love the way I feel I love my motivation and I love my physical ability and attentiveness to proper health. It will be hard to make it till next may when race season starts again but hopefully continuing to write will help to pass the time. I just need to learn to relax and chill. As Brian said training for an ironman (or in my case a half ironman) is like being in prison. Now I am out of prison. This year I have new goals and I have to accept that I do not have to train as hard now as I was last year. Coming into this second year I am going to put my focus on to not getting injured and into getting stronger. Because this year my base fitness is already at the level I want. Heck I did 2 half ironmans in my first year taking this on and pb'ed in every race I entered. Now that I have become accustomed to the lifestyle I just have to find the means to maintain it. What better way to start this year then with a list of goals.

2009/2010 Triathlon realated goals:
-Sign up for complete 70.3 Syracuse
-Sign up and complete Ironman 70.3 Calgary
-Train at least 20 weeks with Mark Allen Online
-Get a Kurt Kinetic Trainer
-Get a 100mm rear carbon wheel

Muskoka

Well I did it its over the big race. It was probabily the worst race I have had all year I went out hard on the swim and cycle and died on the run to say the least. What is more important is that after an entire year I have become an athlete. The athlete I have always wanted to be. I look and feel great and I otherwise had a phenomonal season. Next year I am looking to do morden, ironman 70.3 syracurse, and ironman 70.3 calgary.

Muskoka 70.3

Swim 36:42
Bike 3:04:00
Run 2:11:10

5:57:25