i learned somethings during my bike ride yesterday. besides the fact that i've gotten pretty good at changing flat tires, and that i need to make sure both my co2 carts are new...took me a while to figure out why one wasn't working, oh! that's why it already had a hole in the top of it? i learned that the only guy i have to look to when i need to train is the guy i see in the mirror every day. yep, there are always other things i could do, there are always others pointing out that i should be doing other things, but you know what, when i step into lake okanagan at the end of august, no one else is gonna swim bike and run for me.
the schedule said, 2 to 3 hours, i did just over 3 hours....a fun, and at times fast 3 hours, 3 hours i really needed. for the most part, flat, and against a bit of a wind on the way home, but when i was done, it was well done, and it felt like the right thing that needed to get done. much like my 90 minute swim the night before.
i spend too much worrying about stuff like that. i'm always looking at what others are doing, changing my plans to train with others, cutting stuff short, waiting around for others to begin, worrying that i might piss others off if i go my own way, and worrying about what kind of support i may need, instead of doing what's right for me. that's gotta change. if i need a 4 1/2 hour bike ride, doing 3 hours because that's what everyone else is doing isn't gonna cut it on race day.
also, i'm fidning out another thing...i'm old. i am not recovering all that well between workouts. take this weekend, run 16k and swam 4k on friday, rode just over 80k yesterday, today feels like a recovery day...not because it's scheduled, but because the body says, hey buddy, your taking the day off. i know others will point out, that it's sunday, i should be out running with the rest of the group, because that's what the rest of the group are doing...well, i guess i'm not the rest of the group....so today i rest, tomorrow i train...and onward, upward....and i'm answering to one person, me.
w
the schedule said, 2 to 3 hours, i did just over 3 hours....a fun, and at times fast 3 hours, 3 hours i really needed. for the most part, flat, and against a bit of a wind on the way home, but when i was done, it was well done, and it felt like the right thing that needed to get done. much like my 90 minute swim the night before.
i spend too much worrying about stuff like that. i'm always looking at what others are doing, changing my plans to train with others, cutting stuff short, waiting around for others to begin, worrying that i might piss others off if i go my own way, and worrying about what kind of support i may need, instead of doing what's right for me. that's gotta change. if i need a 4 1/2 hour bike ride, doing 3 hours because that's what everyone else is doing isn't gonna cut it on race day.
also, i'm fidning out another thing...i'm old. i am not recovering all that well between workouts. take this weekend, run 16k and swam 4k on friday, rode just over 80k yesterday, today feels like a recovery day...not because it's scheduled, but because the body says, hey buddy, your taking the day off. i know others will point out, that it's sunday, i should be out running with the rest of the group, because that's what the rest of the group are doing...well, i guess i'm not the rest of the group....so today i rest, tomorrow i train...and onward, upward....and i'm answering to one person, me.
w
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