1. I am tired today. Yesterdays swim, 3.5 hour bike, and 45 min run left me cooked.
2. Mental training is important- dealing with fatigue, boredom, self-doubt, and loneliness.
3. I swam with Greg from Los Locos yesterday. Great guy. He said that if I can swim 4000 yards right now, I am not an okay swimmer, I am a great swimmer. That was just the positive energy I needed to get me through the day.
4. A certain Wednesday night bike group needs to get some manners. Dropping the hammer at a red light leaving people by themselves is just rude. Since you are all Cat 4 riders and I don't see you attending the real hammer fest on Tues, let's keep the Wed night ride a good, solid, fun ride. I have so much more to say on my disgust of the cycling group manners I saw last night. Grrrrrr...
5. And, why do men feel that they have to start every group ride in their aero position and hammer? Since you won't even come close to averaging that for a ride, why don't we start off like normal people- the same way you warm up for every other dern activity you do. Leave the ego at home.
6. I had an encounter with the nicest car driver yesterday. After he cut me off and I threw my hands up in disgust, he rolled down the window and...
did not yell at me. He apologized and said he did not realize he had done anything wrong. I thanked him for being so kind. It really made my day.
7. Just one more time- I have ZERO tolerance these days for egos on bike rides. Save if for the races.
8. I finally get it. I asked for 2 hard weeks and I am almost through with them. I must say, I get the point. IM training is hard. There is a reason other people are pros and not me.
9. How in the heck do pros with a career like Eileen Swanson and mothers like Bree Wee do it? I have no obligations this week, yet I am exhausted from training and the house is a mess. I have so much respect for the athletes out there that are juggling careers, families, and high volume training.
10. I am heading off to volunteer at the St Jude Firecracker 5k. I hope everyone has a Happy 4th of July.
5 comments:
Damie - Come ride on Wednesdays with us downtown! Unless you were talking about that ride, and then I'm sorry!
See you at the 5K tonight! :)
ha ha! no, I am not talking about that ride- I promise I will be back downtown from now on!
That is so funny! Group rides like that frustrate me too, especially when the guys hammering are ones that won't even beat me in the next race. I think it's trying to make up for something... :)
Joy, I've always tried to beat you on group rides because I can't beat you in races. :)
Damie, come ride Wed night with us at 5:45. It's been a good group but a bit thin lately. We usually do some speedwork but there are people at several different speed levels so you can get whatever workout is on the calendar.
Great job on 2 hard weeks in a row. I'd recommend being careful with too much too soon though. I got pretty burned out there at my peak and if I'd started a month (or even a week) earlier I'd have missed the mark quite a bit for my race. There's plenty of being worn out to come. Promise. You're going to do so well in Nov, it'll be fun to watch!
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