The Importance of Being Earnest
Training for the Week: absolutely zero
The response to my last post was fantastic - and I've realised that I need to get more serious. Twenty-six weeks to go - and I really do need to get out there and train regardless of how pooped I feel. Doing an Ironman is not "a bit of a laugh" - it needs serious, in earnest training. Which is just what I'm not doing now.
It's also making me wonder just why my job is leaving me so worn out. Okay - I'm "performing" all the time, more than a lot of non-teachers might realise, but I should be able to come home from a day's work and not just feel like flaking out in front of the telly!
Anyhow - I had a long bike ride planned for today - but got busy tidying up and doing odds and sods as M's coming over for the first time. In the end I decided doing a bike ride tomorrow after she'd gone was a better option, and opted for a swim after visiting the supermarket. Which was when the problem hit - I'd lost the key to my scooter, so couldn't head off to the pool. I've found it now (it had dropped out of my pocket while I was shopping), but it was too late by then as the pool shuts early on a Saturday.
Anyhow - my training weeks start on Sunday, so I'll kick the week off with three hours on the bike, and put my zero training week behind me with a blitz!!
On the plus side - I've sent off the London to Brighton form this morning, and I'm just about to complete and send off the one for the Bala middle-distance (not quite half IM) tri. Should be a good way to get used to doing a serious long distant event with the madness of an open water swim prior to IMDE. It's about six weeks before so is pretty much ideally timed. Bala is a gorgeous area - near to Lake Vyrrnrywyrry or whatever it's called!
The response to my last post was fantastic - and I've realised that I need to get more serious. Twenty-six weeks to go - and I really do need to get out there and train regardless of how pooped I feel. Doing an Ironman is not "a bit of a laugh" - it needs serious, in earnest training. Which is just what I'm not doing now.
It's also making me wonder just why my job is leaving me so worn out. Okay - I'm "performing" all the time, more than a lot of non-teachers might realise, but I should be able to come home from a day's work and not just feel like flaking out in front of the telly!
Anyhow - I had a long bike ride planned for today - but got busy tidying up and doing odds and sods as M's coming over for the first time. In the end I decided doing a bike ride tomorrow after she'd gone was a better option, and opted for a swim after visiting the supermarket. Which was when the problem hit - I'd lost the key to my scooter, so couldn't head off to the pool. I've found it now (it had dropped out of my pocket while I was shopping), but it was too late by then as the pool shuts early on a Saturday.
Anyhow - my training weeks start on Sunday, so I'll kick the week off with three hours on the bike, and put my zero training week behind me with a blitz!!
On the plus side - I've sent off the London to Brighton form this morning, and I'm just about to complete and send off the one for the Bala middle-distance (not quite half IM) tri. Should be a good way to get used to doing a serious long distant event with the madness of an open water swim prior to IMDE. It's about six weeks before so is pretty much ideally timed. Bala is a gorgeous area - near to Lake Vyrrnrywyrry or whatever it's called!
posted by XFR Bear @ 12:35 pm
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