Swim: Feeling steady, would like to push my speed a little.
Bike: Feeling strong, love my bike!
Run: Feeling good at my slow pace, need to add more hills and speed.
Well its official, I am at the halfway point of my journey. It's time to reflect, think back, learn from the past...blah blah blah...man that went quick!! When I first started I saw that it was well over 200 days til the race, workouts were light, legs weren't sore all the time...fast forward, and I do mean fast, here we are! It's good and scary all at the same time. I'm really happy I've made it this far and am still in good health and outlook. But now that we are in the back half of this adventure it's really starting to set in what I'm attempting to do.
I think back just a few years ago, and if you would have told me that I was going to be doing an Ironman in September 2011 I would have had you checked into your local hospital, had your drivers license revoked, and made sure you weren't allowed to be near children. Cause you would have some very serious issues and you are not fit to be apart of society. Yet....
I've always enjoyed challenges in my life, well maybe not always enjoy, but taken them on at least. Whether it be school, work, filmmaking etc, I've always welcomed challenges and thrived on people telling me what I can't do. I very distinctly remember one of my friends parents telling me I'd never be an animator cause it was too difficult. Suck it friend's parent, my IMDB says otherwise. No one really told me I can't do this, however, I did get a few raised eyebrows and I could see it in there faces that they don't fully believe I can do this. Because I'm a stubborn little bitch, I use that, and thrive on it. I don't know if it's really a good and healthy thing to focus on, but it is there all the same. When I am out really struggling on a run, or legs exhausted on the bike, I think about those raised eyebrows and they push me.
On the flip side, I have an amazing group of athletes I train with that are so supportive that they make you forget how big of a challenge this thing really is. It becomes so common place when you are training together that it really takes the edge off of the nerves. My girl, family and friends are also in my corner. So often I feel very alone in this journey, but it is far from the truth. I am so thankful for everyone that has helped me along the way. I'm gonna really need to lean on everyone for the second half. Thanks everyone for helping me through this.
Training was hard this week. Good, but I feel extra exhausted this weekend. I had to push one of my weekly swims to the weekend because of a work conflict, so my weekend was extra workout heavy. The weekend alone was 70 mile bike, 3 mile run on Sat, and a 45 min bike, 3000 yard swim, and a 9 mile run on Sun. I cut the swim in half because the gym was so crowded, but I pushed hard through it and felt I got a fairly good workout anyway. The run was a little brutal, big winds at the beach actually kind of hurt as I was getting pelted with sand. I also picked a route that had a few nice hills in it. So my calves are a bit sore. All in all, it was a nice endurance building week. Though, I have never looked so forward to Monday off as I am tonight. Fortunately its Memorial Day and I get to do nothing but grill up some burgers and relax tomorrow. Nice little reward for making it halfway.
All down hill from here....ha! I wish....
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