well, it's the beginning of week 14 of 24 heading towards the big daddy, ironman canada in penticton, and for some reason, well, i just don't seem to care.
i'm half assed training, as always. i'm biking a ton. just spent yet another weekend in drumheller with the family, and managed to get in a couple of rides on the new Felt bike that felt great. they were both kind of short (48km, and 72km), but they both did the right things and pushed the right buttons. the short saturday ride took me up and down a couple of decent hills, and sunday's was against the wind in one direction, and really fast, or at least a little bit quick on the way home. and loved them both. heck love the bike. i have a few quibbles, though. I still do have a few issues with going aero, i just can't handle it in the wind, or on narrow shoulders, and i'm still getting used to the grips on the handle bars...or with my hand placement,,,oh and teaching myself the art of eating and hydration. i can spin forever on one bottle of power/gator/whatever aide....but that's not so good when i have to run afterwards, i need my nutrition....so i've gotta practise that way more often.
swimming ain't going so bad, but would like to be more consistant. last thursday, 4400 meters at the kinsmen pool. i shuffled the routine a bit with pulls and flutters, but still, 4400 neters!...and that was because i screwed up, and added 800 meters more then i was supposed to. oops
and i as always am not so sure about the run. i just cannot seem to fit it in. it's like weights and yoga, i just never seem to have the time to go long. there's always something else!
my biggest decision is coming up in a couple of weeks. i've got a 1/2 tri coming up in stony plain, which is exactly a week after i ride the 200K ride to conquer cancer!...there's a lot of personal reasons that i don't really wanna do the great white north triathlon, but there's a few reasons why i should, but the week after riding 200K?........i know, i know, i'm supposed to look at it as a training thing, and that i can do the race and just hold back and treat the whole thing as a training day, but i'm sure that would last about until i hit the 1st hill!...so don't know. i've got 2 weeks to ponder about it.....
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