So if MiTi is the A race, then the ultra schedule needs to be backed up 9 weeks. This means that instead of starting Feb 17th, I'm starting Dec 9th! 3DoS is definitely off the books.
The plan is to keep going through November, training with the IMAZ group as I can. My race is Nov 9th, theirs is one week later. So my rest starts Nov 10th.
Rest through November, then start up in December. I can sorta start resting now, since the 30M training won't be quite as rigorous as the 50M training was. I can mix in more biking. Maybe even get a swim in!?
Monday, September 30, 2013
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Learning more. Am I a quitter? No. I just think I am.
RUN 14.1 miles in 2:15
FUN CX bike clinic!
Ha, first time I've listed FUN as something I did :)
The run was going to be a flattie at FoPa, a rest of the legs and feets without the strain and pounding of hills and rocks. But then I learned about the CX clinic in QP and changed plans. Sure, my goal of 20 miles done in 4 miles loops doesn't sound fun, but I did it anyway. I knew that if I ran FoPa, I wouldn't make the extra trip to QP. I'd just go home. Refer to yesterday's post about not trying hard enough.
The first 2 loops fit my goal of steady. I always forget how steep the hills are in QP (DH and I walked them last weekend with the doggie, got a fresh look at them) and it surprised me a bit to realize how close some of these hills are to Poto! So if I'm going to do the 30 miler in November (and BTW I signed up for this today!!) I need to learn how to run those hills without burning up. So the goal was run the hill without going lactic. I was doing great. I was tired, running good but not pushing it, and going about as fast as I though I could given yesterday's ride and my MT50 recovery.
Then in the 2nd mile of the 3rd loop a guy came up alongside and said Good Pace. We chatted a few seconds, and I expected that he'd drop me and continue on. But we stayed together. Let me edit that--I sped up. He's a new runner, just lost 30lbs, and is running his first HM next weekend. BRR got him running more, he's learning Pose, he's in Hoka's, and it was all new and exciting for him. LOVE IT! He didn't seem excited the same way I did. I loved the Good For You aspect, he was loving our quick pace, the form, the glide down the hills. He was focused on the run. My head was doing it's usual unicorns and rainbows shit.
So we tore up my last 5 miles! I said twice that if he wanted to go on without me he could, and once I said I need to slow down. But he didn't, and I didn't. He's gonna nail his goal of 8 m/m next weekend. Am I'm walking away with another lesson learned: I can push harder. It's there. I just need to tap into to and not be afraid to try.
Which brings me to another lesson. What a weekend. Let's get to the CX clinic. I had many moments in the clinic where I wanted to stop. Not because I was too tired (although I'm sure fatigue fed the desire). My brain was thinking "yeah I just ran a lot and I biked yesterday, so I'm gonna skip these fast laps". Seriously!? Why did I want to quit? Because I was afraid to not do good. I was afraid of going slow. Afraid of failing.
That's stupid, it's like losing the group ride. How do you fail a bike clinic? By QUITTING. I'm happy to report I didn't quit, I did the fast laps. I was passed, many times. But I did it. I have a lot to learn, I had fun, and I'm so surprised at what this entire weekend did for me.
FUN CX bike clinic!
Ha, first time I've listed FUN as something I did :)
The run was going to be a flattie at FoPa, a rest of the legs and feets without the strain and pounding of hills and rocks. But then I learned about the CX clinic in QP and changed plans. Sure, my goal of 20 miles done in 4 miles loops doesn't sound fun, but I did it anyway. I knew that if I ran FoPa, I wouldn't make the extra trip to QP. I'd just go home. Refer to yesterday's post about not trying hard enough.
The first 2 loops fit my goal of steady. I always forget how steep the hills are in QP (DH and I walked them last weekend with the doggie, got a fresh look at them) and it surprised me a bit to realize how close some of these hills are to Poto! So if I'm going to do the 30 miler in November (and BTW I signed up for this today!!) I need to learn how to run those hills without burning up. So the goal was run the hill without going lactic. I was doing great. I was tired, running good but not pushing it, and going about as fast as I though I could given yesterday's ride and my MT50 recovery.
Then in the 2nd mile of the 3rd loop a guy came up alongside and said Good Pace. We chatted a few seconds, and I expected that he'd drop me and continue on. But we stayed together. Let me edit that--I sped up. He's a new runner, just lost 30lbs, and is running his first HM next weekend. BRR got him running more, he's learning Pose, he's in Hoka's, and it was all new and exciting for him. LOVE IT! He didn't seem excited the same way I did. I loved the Good For You aspect, he was loving our quick pace, the form, the glide down the hills. He was focused on the run. My head was doing it's usual unicorns and rainbows shit.
So we tore up my last 5 miles! I said twice that if he wanted to go on without me he could, and once I said I need to slow down. But he didn't, and I didn't. He's gonna nail his goal of 8 m/m next weekend. Am I'm walking away with another lesson learned: I can push harder. It's there. I just need to tap into to and not be afraid to try.
Which brings me to another lesson. What a weekend. Let's get to the CX clinic. I had many moments in the clinic where I wanted to stop. Not because I was too tired (although I'm sure fatigue fed the desire). My brain was thinking "yeah I just ran a lot and I biked yesterday, so I'm gonna skip these fast laps". Seriously!? Why did I want to quit? Because I was afraid to not do good. I was afraid of going slow. Afraid of failing.
That's stupid, it's like losing the group ride. How do you fail a bike clinic? By QUITTING. I'm happy to report I didn't quit, I did the fast laps. I was passed, many times. But I did it. I have a lot to learn, I had fun, and I'm so surprised at what this entire weekend did for me.
Saturday, September 28, 2013
I learned something today! Perhaps a major revelation?
BIKE 4hrs and 62.someodd minutes
Back in the saddle! RM had a long ride which worked with my goal of just getting back on a bike. In my first rides I always have the concern of not having a good bike "feel" just yet, I worry that my lines won't be clean enough, my responses not quick enough, and that I'll pose a threat to other riders. Especially ones in a major race build.
With that in mind I opted to ride the MCTs, my safety route for fatigue and uncertainty. I'm usually riding them in the first rides of the season--not the late ones! But at the same time, I'm usually not doing 50+ rides in late Sept. I'm usually in recovery.
The ride felt great, I was feeling it by mile 50 but the mark came and went and we just kept rolling. One thing that distinguishes rides with RM--talking. He will debate, ponder, and think. Sure we all talk when we can, but he is different in that it's not random conversations and little blurbs of thought. We'll have conversations! That's more of a running characteristic, he's maybe the only one I find it with on the bike.
So lots of thinking here! A few major points, and a perhaps major revelation for myself.
First off. MiTi should be my A race in 2014. I had envisioned 3 ways to approach it:
1. MiTi is the build race into the A race: B2B
2. MiTi is the A race, B2B is the fun birthday race
3. MiTi is an A race, B2B the focused fix-up of any problems in MiTi
See my spacing between the races is close--9 weeks. Not the 8 I thought it was, bonus week! That's not really enough time to recover, rebuild, and taper for a effective A race. 2 week recover, 3 week taper, leaving 4 weeks of fix-it. I see that as a perfect amount of time for a fix it (and better than the 3 I thought I had!) but kinda close if I don't recover in time or have a really rough time at MiTi.
After discussing my PR/OA goal with RM (more on that below), it seems I've decided to go with option 3. My fall-back would be option 2.
My goal for MiTi is to shoot for the stars--an OA podium. In 2013, I would have needed a sub-12 to OA. In 2012 I would have needed a sub 12:46. Do-able.
But last year I wanted a 12:30 for Redman and only did a 13:23. Granted, the OA female did a 12:30, but ya ya ya...off topic. I've often asked myself...why didn't I get my 12:30? I think I might have my answer.
At CM's going away party, I was talking with BE--a talented and fast guy who makes it all seem so easy. He said after his ride today that by the time he got home he was too tired to decide if he wanted to eat, sleep, or foam roll. That struck a chord with me. Too tired to decide. Too tired to decide. Too tired.
Leaving all too/two tired bike puns aside for now...think about that. How often am I too tired to make a decision after a workout? Usually I'm just stupid, craving sugar, and functional enough to find a place to sit and eat. So I'm not too tired, not too burned. I'm OK, just a bit singed. I don't seem to push myself so hard that I am too tired to function.
I can think of workouts in which I was too tired. Monday Master's comes to mind, and I quit doing those. Even after speed work, centuries, and the like--I'm able to walk, talk, and function. I can think of many times in which my training partners (who often come in ahead of me) are wiped and spend the after-ride/run in a daze. Hmmmm....why am I not wiped more often?
I have an undeveloped Theory of Relativity for triathlon that involves the relative effort for a newbie to run 3 miles versus the relative effort for me to run 13 miles. We're at different points on the spectrum, so their 3 can be as hard as my 13, in relative terms. Lost my train of thought a little here (it's only my first cup of coffee...) but I'll come back to this.
So what I'm thinking is...if I were to look back on the IMCDA to Redman training block, would I find myself too tired to function? Why yes I would. I was fatigued beyond what might be considered safe on most days. But that was MENTAL. I was MENTALLY tired. Or was I? Some days I couldn't stay awake. Some I couldn't walk to the parking lot. That fall I was so tired I didn't even bike commute. (Is this the rest period talking? Telling me I don't work hard enough?)
I think I'm not focused enough. I go out and I "do the miles" but do I really, really PUSH IT? No, I don't think I do. My training plan calls for Intervals, Builds, Rests. I just did miles. Plan said so many hours, I did about that many miles or hours but most often skipped the work. I focused on the essence of the workout (long, tempo, rest) but really the meat of it. I always look back at my plan and wonder if I should get a new one. I look right back now and think "I did that plan for IMWI and for Redman, but never really followed it, so I don't need a new one".
I'm hungry. And this year I got a taste for success--podium at Redman, at Rt 66, and an unofficial at MT50. I'm starting to learn that I CAN.
But my I CAN often conflicts with my I WANT. I want to ride with my friends! I want to talk, and sing, and share stories. You can't do that if you are pushing a pace and unwilling to stop at gas stations. I can think of many friends who sacrificed that and succeeded at their goals. I CAN vs I WANT.
What do I want? Decide that, and come back with your answer.
But I think I already have it. I believe I can do more, I believe I can push harder and find more gears. That's what I want!
Back in the saddle! RM had a long ride which worked with my goal of just getting back on a bike. In my first rides I always have the concern of not having a good bike "feel" just yet, I worry that my lines won't be clean enough, my responses not quick enough, and that I'll pose a threat to other riders. Especially ones in a major race build.
With that in mind I opted to ride the MCTs, my safety route for fatigue and uncertainty. I'm usually riding them in the first rides of the season--not the late ones! But at the same time, I'm usually not doing 50+ rides in late Sept. I'm usually in recovery.
The ride felt great, I was feeling it by mile 50 but the mark came and went and we just kept rolling. One thing that distinguishes rides with RM--talking. He will debate, ponder, and think. Sure we all talk when we can, but he is different in that it's not random conversations and little blurbs of thought. We'll have conversations! That's more of a running characteristic, he's maybe the only one I find it with on the bike.
So lots of thinking here! A few major points, and a perhaps major revelation for myself.
First off. MiTi should be my A race in 2014. I had envisioned 3 ways to approach it:
1. MiTi is the build race into the A race: B2B
2. MiTi is the A race, B2B is the fun birthday race
3. MiTi is an A race, B2B the focused fix-up of any problems in MiTi
See my spacing between the races is close--9 weeks. Not the 8 I thought it was, bonus week! That's not really enough time to recover, rebuild, and taper for a effective A race. 2 week recover, 3 week taper, leaving 4 weeks of fix-it. I see that as a perfect amount of time for a fix it (and better than the 3 I thought I had!) but kinda close if I don't recover in time or have a really rough time at MiTi.
After discussing my PR/OA goal with RM (more on that below), it seems I've decided to go with option 3. My fall-back would be option 2.
My goal for MiTi is to shoot for the stars--an OA podium. In 2013, I would have needed a sub-12 to OA. In 2012 I would have needed a sub 12:46. Do-able.
But last year I wanted a 12:30 for Redman and only did a 13:23. Granted, the OA female did a 12:30, but ya ya ya...off topic. I've often asked myself...why didn't I get my 12:30? I think I might have my answer.
At CM's going away party, I was talking with BE--a talented and fast guy who makes it all seem so easy. He said after his ride today that by the time he got home he was too tired to decide if he wanted to eat, sleep, or foam roll. That struck a chord with me. Too tired to decide. Too tired to decide. Too tired.
Leaving all too/two tired bike puns aside for now...think about that. How often am I too tired to make a decision after a workout? Usually I'm just stupid, craving sugar, and functional enough to find a place to sit and eat. So I'm not too tired, not too burned. I'm OK, just a bit singed. I don't seem to push myself so hard that I am too tired to function.
I can think of workouts in which I was too tired. Monday Master's comes to mind, and I quit doing those. Even after speed work, centuries, and the like--I'm able to walk, talk, and function. I can think of many times in which my training partners (who often come in ahead of me) are wiped and spend the after-ride/run in a daze. Hmmmm....why am I not wiped more often?
I have an undeveloped Theory of Relativity for triathlon that involves the relative effort for a newbie to run 3 miles versus the relative effort for me to run 13 miles. We're at different points on the spectrum, so their 3 can be as hard as my 13, in relative terms. Lost my train of thought a little here (it's only my first cup of coffee...) but I'll come back to this.
So what I'm thinking is...if I were to look back on the IMCDA to Redman training block, would I find myself too tired to function? Why yes I would. I was fatigued beyond what might be considered safe on most days. But that was MENTAL. I was MENTALLY tired. Or was I? Some days I couldn't stay awake. Some I couldn't walk to the parking lot. That fall I was so tired I didn't even bike commute. (Is this the rest period talking? Telling me I don't work hard enough?)
I think I'm not focused enough. I go out and I "do the miles" but do I really, really PUSH IT? No, I don't think I do. My training plan calls for Intervals, Builds, Rests. I just did miles. Plan said so many hours, I did about that many miles or hours but most often skipped the work. I focused on the essence of the workout (long, tempo, rest) but really the meat of it. I always look back at my plan and wonder if I should get a new one. I look right back now and think "I did that plan for IMWI and for Redman, but never really followed it, so I don't need a new one".
I'm hungry. And this year I got a taste for success--podium at Redman, at Rt 66, and an unofficial at MT50. I'm starting to learn that I CAN.
But my I CAN often conflicts with my I WANT. I want to ride with my friends! I want to talk, and sing, and share stories. You can't do that if you are pushing a pace and unwilling to stop at gas stations. I can think of many friends who sacrificed that and succeeded at their goals. I CAN vs I WANT.
What do I want? Decide that, and come back with your answer.
But I think I already have it. I believe I can do more, I believe I can push harder and find more gears. That's what I want!
Thursday, September 26, 2013
How much of fatigue is mental?
RUN 6.6 miles in 57-58 mins
COMMUTE 6 miles
When I wake up in the morning, and as I prepare for my workout, sometimes I have a moment of "oh I'm too tired for this" or "I'm going to get dropped, today's not my day". Most of the time I'm just fine, especially if I'm with a group. It leads to that "I'm stronger than I think" mentality.
How much of fatigue is mental? What proportion of that whine and doubt is just laziness talking? If I could just ignore how tired I think I am, how much faster or farther would I go?
COMMUTE 6 miles
When I wake up in the morning, and as I prepare for my workout, sometimes I have a moment of "oh I'm too tired for this" or "I'm going to get dropped, today's not my day". Most of the time I'm just fine, especially if I'm with a group. It leads to that "I'm stronger than I think" mentality.
How much of fatigue is mental? What proportion of that whine and doubt is just laziness talking? If I could just ignore how tired I think I am, how much faster or farther would I go?
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Junk? Or just the lifestyle?
BIKE: 1 hr and 16.4 miles, just easy spinning indoors
COMMUTE: 6 miles
I did the indoor bike today just because. Because I wanted to. Because it's habit. Because I feel like if I don't do something I'm not myself.
So does that count as "junk" mileage? It's just a cardio workout. I wasn't looking for any particular training benefit, like speed work, power, strength, etc. I just wanted to burn off some energy.
So no, I'm not counting it as junk mileage. Instead I'm counting it towards what I'm calling my "lifestyle" mileage--the hours, yards, miles, and more that I feel I need to do just because. Add it to the commute miles, to the flights of stairs climbed (5+8+8 so far today), the standing desk at work, the long doggie walks, and the like.
Perhaps I should also count it as an addiction, given that I feel the "need" to do these things for no other good reason :)
COMMUTE: 6 miles
I did the indoor bike today just because. Because I wanted to. Because it's habit. Because I feel like if I don't do something I'm not myself.
So does that count as "junk" mileage? It's just a cardio workout. I wasn't looking for any particular training benefit, like speed work, power, strength, etc. I just wanted to burn off some energy.
So no, I'm not counting it as junk mileage. Instead I'm counting it towards what I'm calling my "lifestyle" mileage--the hours, yards, miles, and more that I feel I need to do just because. Add it to the commute miles, to the flights of stairs climbed (5+8+8 so far today), the standing desk at work, the long doggie walks, and the like.
Perhaps I should also count it as an addiction, given that I feel the "need" to do these things for no other good reason :)
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Return to running!
RUN 6 miles in 57 mins
BIKE 9 miles in 30 mins
COMMUTE 6 miles
After yesterday's meandering go-nowhere post, time to focus!
Today's run was just a very light speed work at the track with TC. I hesitate to call it speed work--when I hit the gas for a few 200's there was nothing there! My knee feels OK, only some uncomfortable tendons in my feet that might like a few more easy days and no technicals this weekend.
The bike was purely aerobic extension, just to burn off energy.
My back and shoulders are sore from the P90X pushups yesterday :)
BIKE 9 miles in 30 mins
COMMUTE 6 miles
After yesterday's meandering go-nowhere post, time to focus!
Today's run was just a very light speed work at the track with TC. I hesitate to call it speed work--when I hit the gas for a few 200's there was nothing there! My knee feels OK, only some uncomfortable tendons in my feet that might like a few more easy days and no technicals this weekend.
The bike was purely aerobic extension, just to burn off energy.
My back and shoulders are sore from the P90X pushups yesterday :)
Monday, September 23, 2013
Excited, but not overly so. When does 2014 start?
Yesterday was my first weekend since April that I wasn't out running or otherwise training. It felt great, I don't think I had much run in my anyway, but something was missing.
I miss the routine. The goal. The need to finish something.
It's that time of year when I'm usually in a limbo. Each fall I'm recovering (I'll also note here that one year ago was Redman weekend!) from my year-end A race. The whole taper I'm telling myself about how great it will be to do something else besides the training. Then the race is over and I'm looking to get back into it. Usually I'm wanting back too soon, and I hit a late fall burn-out from jumping back too fast.
But one of my new life goals is to not ride a course of peaks and valleys between races, and instead roll from one to the other in a continuum. So instead of parking on the couch right after MT50, I have the next race/goal in mind--something concrete and defined. Unlike "cyclocross races", and more like "McNot Again 30M".
So yes I have the McNot Again on the calendar. After that? Nothing planned. Maybe some cyclocross races.
After that? Things get a little more specific come the new year. I've pretty much crossed 3DoS off the list for 2014, I just can't balance ultra running with swimming and biking. I haven't seen a pool since late July for Route 66! And I have some pretty big goals for next year without 3DoS! I'm going to put them to paper here in case I need a few laughs later, because these things are always funny to come back and read.
First goal: MiTi in late August. If I start training in mid February, this race will still be within the "build" phase of the training plan which has B2B as the A race. MiTi is a remarkably small race, so much so that shooting for an AG podium ain't all that hard when there's only 3 or so peeps in the AG!! So I decided on a OA podium! Yeah, really, I did! The OA times for the past two years of the race were 11:30. Ha ha ha ha! I'd have to be faster than LC to pull that off.
Why am I laughing? Am I saying I can't do it? 1:30 swim, 6:00 bike, and 4:00 run, plus some T1 and T2 time...ugh...that adds up to about 11:30! It's a flat course too, so that really helps. Based on prior races, that's only a 15 min improvement on the swim, a 45-60 min improvement on the bike, and a 45 min improvement on the run. Hooo, the run, that's a big chunk of time. BUT--I'm a runner, right?!? Am I saying that the lesson learned in Rt 66 this year is not to be counted?!? I'm faster and stronger than I think I am!
Keep in mind that I wanted a 12:30 at Redman and ended with a 13:23. The problem there wasn't realistic training for that goal. To be realistic about this, I'd have to drop the group rides every other weekend and find another gear to train in. I'd have to be serious about it, not so social and having fun.
Second goal: B2B in late October. Birthday Iron!! Less concrete goals for this race. MiTi would the the "troubleshooting race" 8 weeks prior. That's a short turn-around time, so B2B might be less A race than I can hope for. Dammit. Quit doubting, see above! If I missed the 11:30 goal at MiTi, I could shoot for it again here.
Third goal: 5K OWS, no race picked yet. What better way to improve the swim, than to pick a big race and focus on it?
So here I am, dreaming about 2014 already. I re-started P90X this morning. Instead of the Classic I'm doing a plan somewhere between Classic and Lean. I have a training "plan" for McNot Again that gets me on the run again and doing 20 milers on weekends. (BTW--"only" 20 miles, hahahahahah!!). I'd love to do Ride The Rivers, but I don't think I'll be century-fit in 3 weeks. I'll just be injured. I brought my swim gear with me today hoping to squeeze in a swim somewhere, but that's not going to happen.
Lots of mental meandering, all quickly answered. Do I need a new IM training plan? No, cuz I don't follow the one I have very well to take it's full benefit. What swim will I do in 2014? Too early to tell, the calendars aren't populated yet. I'm reading Jurek's Eat & Run right now, how's my nutrition looking? Great, better than ever, aside from a few bad habits that peeked up during recovery week.
Ugh, I miss having running to do!
I miss the routine. The goal. The need to finish something.
It's that time of year when I'm usually in a limbo. Each fall I'm recovering (I'll also note here that one year ago was Redman weekend!) from my year-end A race. The whole taper I'm telling myself about how great it will be to do something else besides the training. Then the race is over and I'm looking to get back into it. Usually I'm wanting back too soon, and I hit a late fall burn-out from jumping back too fast.
But one of my new life goals is to not ride a course of peaks and valleys between races, and instead roll from one to the other in a continuum. So instead of parking on the couch right after MT50, I have the next race/goal in mind--something concrete and defined. Unlike "cyclocross races", and more like "McNot Again 30M".
So yes I have the McNot Again on the calendar. After that? Nothing planned. Maybe some cyclocross races.
After that? Things get a little more specific come the new year. I've pretty much crossed 3DoS off the list for 2014, I just can't balance ultra running with swimming and biking. I haven't seen a pool since late July for Route 66! And I have some pretty big goals for next year without 3DoS! I'm going to put them to paper here in case I need a few laughs later, because these things are always funny to come back and read.
First goal: MiTi in late August. If I start training in mid February, this race will still be within the "build" phase of the training plan which has B2B as the A race. MiTi is a remarkably small race, so much so that shooting for an AG podium ain't all that hard when there's only 3 or so peeps in the AG!! So I decided on a OA podium! Yeah, really, I did! The OA times for the past two years of the race were 11:30. Ha ha ha ha! I'd have to be faster than LC to pull that off.
Why am I laughing? Am I saying I can't do it? 1:30 swim, 6:00 bike, and 4:00 run, plus some T1 and T2 time...ugh...that adds up to about 11:30! It's a flat course too, so that really helps. Based on prior races, that's only a 15 min improvement on the swim, a 45-60 min improvement on the bike, and a 45 min improvement on the run. Hooo, the run, that's a big chunk of time. BUT--I'm a runner, right?!? Am I saying that the lesson learned in Rt 66 this year is not to be counted?!? I'm faster and stronger than I think I am!
Keep in mind that I wanted a 12:30 at Redman and ended with a 13:23. The problem there wasn't realistic training for that goal. To be realistic about this, I'd have to drop the group rides every other weekend and find another gear to train in. I'd have to be serious about it, not so social and having fun.
Second goal: B2B in late October. Birthday Iron!! Less concrete goals for this race. MiTi would the the "troubleshooting race" 8 weeks prior. That's a short turn-around time, so B2B might be less A race than I can hope for. Dammit. Quit doubting, see above! If I missed the 11:30 goal at MiTi, I could shoot for it again here.
Third goal: 5K OWS, no race picked yet. What better way to improve the swim, than to pick a big race and focus on it?
So here I am, dreaming about 2014 already. I re-started P90X this morning. Instead of the Classic I'm doing a plan somewhere between Classic and Lean. I have a training "plan" for McNot Again that gets me on the run again and doing 20 milers on weekends. (BTW--"only" 20 miles, hahahahahah!!). I'd love to do Ride The Rivers, but I don't think I'll be century-fit in 3 weeks. I'll just be injured. I brought my swim gear with me today hoping to squeeze in a swim somewhere, but that's not going to happen.
Lots of mental meandering, all quickly answered. Do I need a new IM training plan? No, cuz I don't follow the one I have very well to take it's full benefit. What swim will I do in 2014? Too early to tell, the calendars aren't populated yet. I'm reading Jurek's Eat & Run right now, how's my nutrition looking? Great, better than ever, aside from a few bad habits that peeked up during recovery week.
Ugh, I miss having running to do!
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