Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Keep your head down girl and keep going....

You're too slow...

One foot infront of the other. I am slow (running) but moderate on the swim and bike. And I have to have some faith that the training will help overall with my speed. I can only focus on my own breathing, my own pain, my own joy and not on those who are ahead of me.

Dry roads and sidewalks would help too.

You're too fat...

Gabrielle Reece's photo is in my kitchen , the more I eat healthy the more I want to eat healthy. I'm learning that I can live (and be happy and full of energy) on a lot less food. I'm learning to eat to live and not live to eat... but the weight is slow to come off (it has been on a downward trend though lately). My dream is to race IM09 without "should haves" starting with "should have lost more weight".

You bit off more than you could chew

In the past week I've heard the "how do you eat an elephant?" analogy. One bite at a time. So how do you train for Ironman? "one workout at a time". PERIOD.

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So when I hear the talk (all ego, whether perceived to come from outside sources or not) I just shut it up, put my head down and get my workout done, be in the moment, and give it all I have.

And that's all you can ask of yourself too.

3 comments:

cinc said...

yep - that's all you can do.

That's all any of us can do.

Just keep at it, and don't have any regrets...

Jordan said...

cheers to that!

FLATOUT JIM said...

too slow

Everyone behind you just wishes they were as fast as you are

too fat

Funny thing, in the movie What It Takes, even Peter Reid thinks he needs to lose weight. The 200lb person on the treadmill wishes they were as lean as you.

bit off more than you could chew

If it were easy, everyone would do it. Before you know it, you will up to six hour rides, and 3 hour runs, and then before you know it, you will be crossing the finish line.