Well the past week brought more excitement and less training than I ever thought possible. That's right ladies and gentlemen, I admit, I fell off the horse.
The first nearly three weeks of 2014 have been a bit of a roller coaster. The truth is though that I forgot how to deal with stress- it's not by sleeping in, or vegging in front of the TV, or pouting and complaining- it is by hitting the pool, the trainer or the treadmill. Don't make excuses, just go and get it all out.
I will get to ironman, I will finish ironman, but my road there is obviously not going to be the most traditional. :).
I have laid out this next week, and have my workouts scheduled, making them non-optional. I am also going to blog everyday to hold myself accountable for my workouts.
In addition to this I continue to fundraise for St. Jude's and I am so grateful for the donations thus far. Thank you for believing in me, I won't let you down!
Today's workout, an hour on the treadmill. I probably could have run outside, but the reality is that I needed a little motivational push so I plugged in and ran while I watched the NBC coverage of Kona (thank you YouTube). While I have seen this repeatedly, it never fails to inspire, and given the fact that it is 62 minutes long, it is just about perfect for that hour on the treadmill.
It makes me think and dream about the possibilities, Rachel Joyce, a lawyer turned professional athlete, former champions, people dreaming of being champion, many people just dreaming of finishing. Football MVP's who have never run more than a mile. Heartbreak, hope, success, but never failure. I think in a race of this sort, failure is not even a possibility, you can be heartbroken, injured, and not make a cutoff- but you did not fail. You tried, you achieved so much and learned so much about yourself on the path.
With less than four months until my race, I begin to wonder what my race day will look like. I will not allow myself to be underprepared, I will be ready, that much I know. But what will I strive for? A time? Or just a finish? Sitting here now thinking about it, I imagine that I will strive to finish. It makes the entire process much more enjoyable, and any sort of time feel like an achievement, but as I get closer, I imagine I will begin to get a better sense of a time I think I can accomplish. No matter what, I remember that this is my first Ironman and not matter my finishing time, it will be a PR. So for now, I'll just keep chugging along.
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