okay, so i know the Canadian ironman is 50 weeks away, and i'm smart enough to know that i've got a lot of stuff to get through before august 30th 2009...like turn 50, and oh yeah there's the matter of the victoria marathon in 4 friggin' weeks...but you know what, i need a little focus, a little reality, and a goal. this year has been pretty aimless. i did a few races i really liked and had fun at (yeah, the great white north was fun....even the run was okay, but i had fun)...the coronation tri was cool, and as always, death race was a blast (even if a few of my favorite people weren't in it, or better yet not even there this year)...and i'm sure the run for the cure and the vic marathon will be fun too...but bottom line, i just sort of breezed through the summer, without anything to drag me out of bed in the mornings..and i need that.
okay i need 2 things...fun, and friends around me as well. that's the main thing, i've gotta do stuff with other people to keep my mojo working. yeah, i don't mind the image of the lonely long distance runner..and i do a lot of my training on my own..because i have to. but running, swimming, biking, mtn biking, or just hanging out...there's gotta be someone else there, or else i'm outa there.
anyway this has been an odd week. 1 kid (sasha) was home sick from school for a couple of days...and what a waste. i've got to hit myself in the head when something unusual like this happens. so she's home, so i've got to keep her occupied, and make sure does what she needs to do to get back up and healthy, BUT, why sit on the couch watching TV while that's happening. yeah i thought about dragging the bike trainer out and spinning a bit, and i thought of yoga or some stretching...BUT, well i just did some stuff around the house, looked at out bathroom reno project, and watch csi miami and a bunch of other stuff....what a waste of 2 perfectly good training days...and did the same thing on friday!..i should have run and swam last night, but no..i guess watching another DVD (the commitments) was more important...but ther's a couple more miles i could have used.
the best thing this ironman thing could do for me, is to maybe strike some fear into me. i've yet to actually follow any training plan all the way through, i've never actually got to the starting line of a marathon or tri fully trained (no wonder i'm always nervous). this year's great white north tri was a perfect example....i swam some, bike some, and ran even less then that..i saw what everyone else was doing, and did about 1/3 of that.....no wonder i didn't break 6 hours..and no wonder my run sucked. pretty much whatever i've done in any race i've done, well, that's just what i'd have in my arsenal almost untrained. i've got to start imagining what my results would be if i actually put in the time and effort.
so, if looking down the road and seeing that the only way i'll finish ironman is if i actually train, and focus on that, scare the lazyness out of me...that could be like the best thing that could ever happen......
and i cannot blame lack of time, i've got all kinds of time. i've set up my work life perfectly. i'm up every day at between 6 and 6:30, maybe a bit later on weekends, after my kids are all gone to school i've got until 2PM before i've got to think about heading out to work....i've got all day friday and saturday pretty much to myself, with some consideration for quality family time, and i've got all morning sunday....no excuses...
so maybe i should make a copy of this blog somewhere and tape it to every wall i look at everyday...everymorning...and yeah, maybe i should hier someone to just yell at me constantly when i decide to get undressed and go back to bed on training days...cause, i've just got to get healthy, fit and start building that base
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