This past week was a pretty significant one in my mind. Over the past months I have been receiving weekly emails from my team with the big headline always being the number of weeks to go. Well this past Friday, that number turned into single digits....9 weeks to go. As I write, there are now less than 9 weeks and exactly two months from now I will be cycling at Ironman Lake Placid.
Training, at times, can seem overwhelming and often it's hard to spot progress when you are caught up in the middle of it. Each day I take on the challenge of continuing to push and just hope I'm doing enough. Yesterday's bike showed me how far I have come. When I first started this journey I was able to cover the Cape Cod Marathon course (26.2 miles) in just about an hour and 45 minutes. Now, many weeks later, I'm cruising through it at 17.2 mph and finishing the course in just under an hour and a half. My goals in Lake Placid have nothing to do with time, merely survival, but the faster times on this course show that I'm working towards my goal.
It's the small moments in training that usually pick you up and remind you of how exciting race day is going to be. My charity team submitted all our names this past week to Ironman which meant me receiving my official welcoming emailing from Ironman Lake Placid. It sent chills down my spine to know that this dream is slowly becoming a reality. Also, I had the chance to talk with the team coach last Thursday. Myself and several team members took advantage of a conference call and you could hear the excitement in everyone's voice as they asked questions about the course and their training.
The weeks will not slow down at all at this point. Every workout is becoming more and more important. This coming Sunday will be my fundraising party and 10 days from now I will be up in Lake Placid for a training camp. More to come soon...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Monday, May 19, 2014
10 Weeks Left
Lets face the facts. There is way to much social media to keep up with these days and I'm awful about keeping up with my blog. That being said, the next 10 weeks are sure to be something special and I want a record of all the random thoughts that will cross my mind so that I can remember them 30 years from now. Thus, I will force myself to be a better blogger :)
A year ago I had a thought and that thought became an interest....interest to a need.....need to a want.....want to a desire.....and a desire now to do what once would have been improbable.
How I ever talked myself into an Ironman and all the training, I will never be sure. Friends and coworkers all inspired me. They told me I could do it and I figured what the hell. I have clicked the registration button for over 20 marathons and never did my hand shake so much as when I clicked registration for Ironman Lake Placid.
Everyone who I believe reads this blog is a runner and plenty of you have completed marathons (26.2 miles). I believed for a long time and still do that to finish a marathon you need to sacrifice something. Time with your family, time with your pillow, time in general just to name a few. However, I have a new definition of sacrifice now, its called 2.4 miles of swimming, 112 miles of biking, and then a marathon (it's called insanity).
Insanity has brought with it 4 hour bike rides, 2 hour runs, and 2 mile swims and I'm still 10 weeks out. It has brought days where I tear off my wet suit just in time to jump on my bike and then a run. It will only get more insane from here. I know it and I ..... it. I leave that space blank because at the end of this I know I will have the perfect adjective to fill in the blank. Right now there are so many mixed emotions. I have felt excitement, fear, overwhelmed, confident and so much more.
One fact that you can put in ink right now, this has already changed my life for the better. I can't wait to see that Olympic Oval on July 27th and that right there is something worth talking about.
A year ago I had a thought and that thought became an interest....interest to a need.....need to a want.....want to a desire.....and a desire now to do what once would have been improbable.
How I ever talked myself into an Ironman and all the training, I will never be sure. Friends and coworkers all inspired me. They told me I could do it and I figured what the hell. I have clicked the registration button for over 20 marathons and never did my hand shake so much as when I clicked registration for Ironman Lake Placid.
Everyone who I believe reads this blog is a runner and plenty of you have completed marathons (26.2 miles). I believed for a long time and still do that to finish a marathon you need to sacrifice something. Time with your family, time with your pillow, time in general just to name a few. However, I have a new definition of sacrifice now, its called 2.4 miles of swimming, 112 miles of biking, and then a marathon (it's called insanity).
Insanity has brought with it 4 hour bike rides, 2 hour runs, and 2 mile swims and I'm still 10 weeks out. It has brought days where I tear off my wet suit just in time to jump on my bike and then a run. It will only get more insane from here. I know it and I ..... it. I leave that space blank because at the end of this I know I will have the perfect adjective to fill in the blank. Right now there are so many mixed emotions. I have felt excitement, fear, overwhelmed, confident and so much more.
One fact that you can put in ink right now, this has already changed my life for the better. I can't wait to see that Olympic Oval on July 27th and that right there is something worth talking about.
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