Thursday, December 17, 2009

246 Days

246 Days til Winnipesaukee.

I was considering taking a picture of myself every month (around the first of the month) to see any changes.  I am seriously going to buckle down & train really hard.  70.3 miles is a lot of miles.  I know I can drive that far in a day, but can I seriously move my body in the water, out of the water, on the bike & through the run?  We'll see in 8 months!

I'm also considering a duathlon in May.  The details are a little scattered right now.  It seems that there may be 2 distances in this event.  A long & short course.  I think that I should start seriously considering doing the long courses in my events leading up to NH.  Oh well...only time will tell how strong I get this year.  2 weeks left to go in 2009, then the serious training begins.  2010 brings in an entire new decade with lots of new goals!

& bah humbug to all you naysayers out there that say I can't do it.   Merry Christmas!

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Slacker

Since I started working out on a more consistent basis & training (somewhat) for next year, I have been looking through a few of the other blogs that I read & that's when I get depressed.  Sure, I read one blog for a guy that is training for the 2012 Olympics.  Inspirational, yes.  Can I relate to it, um, yeah....NO! 

I'm a beginner.  If there was something lower than a beginner, I'd consider myself that.  Seriously, I did finish 3 sprint triathlons, but now I have to move on to Olympic tris next year if I want to seriously consider even coming close to finishing a 70.3 in NH.

Reading through other's blogs has helped, but I am wondering if I am doing something wrong, is there more that I can be doing?  Am I strong enough?  Do I need more motivation?  This is the wrong time of year to be dieting, didn't I say that last week?  At least I have cut my 4 dinners this week down to 2.  Tonight it is homemade stuffed veggie peppers for dinner.  That should balance out the 7 course meal we had last night at the Fromagerie is Rumson.  SWANKY!

For now I will keep up the workouts & try to add new things into my routine just to keep from burning out or getting bored.  My knee is still a little wobbly, so that means more pool time, but it's not the swimming I need to improve, it's the running.  At least I have a lot of reading to do while I rest up.  January starts the serious training.  Hey, it's only 21 days away!