10 days left

Is it possible that 8 months has turned into only 10 days?  It just can't be!  This week I received my information packet for Timerman.  I have to read through it.  I think it's pretty straightforward, tells you where to pick up your stuff, etc.  I have to get one good last run in prior to heading up to New Hampshire.  It's already Wednesday & I know I shouldn't do a lot of hard training next week.

I am wondering if I am ready.  I have been trying new training workouts & I am not sure if that is such a smart idea this late in the game.  I went to the pool the other day & it was closed for cleaning.  & I was too lazy to make the trek south to Wall to swim down there, yeah I am lazy.  I would also like to get my bike tuned up early next week & hope that all goes well.  It looks like the trip will be at least 6 hours up there, which is about 3 hours longer than I'd like to travel, but it's too late to turn back now!

I am going to have to start thinking of a new blog title, as Training for the Timberman 70.3 is soon going to be outdated.  I started thinking this week about Alcatraz & wondering when I will start getting updates about the lottery.  What I do know is this, I will have to put in tons of hours in the pool between now & May.  Maybe I can make that my next focus.  Hmmmmmmmmmm.  Wish me luck because I am seriously going to need it!

Seriously slacking

OK so I was all gung ho about working out so I'd be ready for Timberman.  The best part was that I knew that I'd have my 20th high school reunion a month before the race, so I wouldn't have to worry that much about how I would look, because I would be training.  Training is going....well, to be honest, it's not going so well.

I am still going to the gym or working out at least 4 times a week.  At worst, it's about 3 - but I'm trying to put in as much as possible.  I've been doing a lot of yoga to try to recover from long runs.  It helps, but I can't do a long workout & go to yoga in the same day.  However, I am toning up, but I don't think that's going to help me in the long haul.

I signed up for a mile swim on Sunday.  Hopefully the ocean will be cooperative & not rough.  I don't think I'm going to wear a wetsuit, the ocean temp should be in the high 70s by now, considering it has been about 90 degrees for an entire month.

I'm hoping to swim tomorrow & get a good run in on Thursday night.  It's been too hot to run outside, I think 105 is a bit much.  Saturday was probably the hottest day of the year (maybe even of my life so far!) & it wasn't possible to do anything outside.  It was still 90 degrees at 1 am.  Yeah, that's a bit much.

So with 26 days to go I have to ask myself if I am ready.  Right now I would say no.  But I'm not going to quit & I am just going to have to push a little harder these next 2 weeks before I start to relax before the big race.  I'm going to take my bike to get tuned up & just hope for the best at this point.  Wish me luck!