Hitler invaded Russia in the wintertime cause he didn't pay any attention to Napoleons attempt at same, a hundred or so years earlier. His mistake can perhaps be forgiven for a couple of reasons. First off, like I said it was more than 100 years before, and secondly, it's just human nature to think you're smarter than the last guy.
Not learning from your own recent mistakes however can hardly be excused. Even so, yours truly has done it countless times. Quite often it happens because I don't really even look back to see what I screwed up last time, but rather just plow ahead again on pure instinct.
For my second trip to Mont Tremblant I intend on addressing this shortcoming. Towards that end I looked back at last years training. I'm pretty sure that the last 4 weeks I did extremely right, and I intend on duplicating that. The major mistakes I made were in the Apr/May/June time frame. When I looked back at that time period I couldn't believe some of the stuff I read. The back, to back, to back, tough workouts were bizarre. I can't believe the intensity I was training at with very little rest. The biggest single issue was doing the tough bike training workouts at the same time as marathon training. It's clear to me now why I fell apart in mid-June.
So a couple of things that I'm putting into the plan immediately. First off is that I'm not gonna rush into the plan at all. Most Ironman training programs are of 6 months duration, assuming of course that you're in great shape to start. My marathon is 5 1/2 weeks away and I will wait til I recover from that to start serious IM workouts. I will start out with the intense bike workouts at that point. The biggest change I'm gonna make however is that there will not be a spring marathon! This is a tough one for me from a psychological perspective, but if I'm to learn something from Napoleon it should probably be that long treks in the winter time, while exhilarating for a while, can leave you in big trouble in the long run. Besides all the experts say that a spring marathon is counterproductive. I just don't like experts!
In the interest of relaxing a bit I left my watch at home today. I know I ran about 9 kms including a few hills, but it was all very leisurely.
And for the philosophizing today I wish to share a little a-hah moment. I've had it before but it seems to keep slipping out of my leaky brain. I realized that I would have very few problems or worries in my life, if I didn't have so many people to love. As a matter of fact I would have nothing in my life!!
Hill run (9 kms total)
"Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence."---Napoleon Bonaparte
"I go the way that Providence dictates with the assurance of a sleepwalker."---Adolf Hitler
Not learning from your own recent mistakes however can hardly be excused. Even so, yours truly has done it countless times. Quite often it happens because I don't really even look back to see what I screwed up last time, but rather just plow ahead again on pure instinct.
For my second trip to Mont Tremblant I intend on addressing this shortcoming. Towards that end I looked back at last years training. I'm pretty sure that the last 4 weeks I did extremely right, and I intend on duplicating that. The major mistakes I made were in the Apr/May/June time frame. When I looked back at that time period I couldn't believe some of the stuff I read. The back, to back, to back, tough workouts were bizarre. I can't believe the intensity I was training at with very little rest. The biggest single issue was doing the tough bike training workouts at the same time as marathon training. It's clear to me now why I fell apart in mid-June.
So a couple of things that I'm putting into the plan immediately. First off is that I'm not gonna rush into the plan at all. Most Ironman training programs are of 6 months duration, assuming of course that you're in great shape to start. My marathon is 5 1/2 weeks away and I will wait til I recover from that to start serious IM workouts. I will start out with the intense bike workouts at that point. The biggest change I'm gonna make however is that there will not be a spring marathon! This is a tough one for me from a psychological perspective, but if I'm to learn something from Napoleon it should probably be that long treks in the winter time, while exhilarating for a while, can leave you in big trouble in the long run. Besides all the experts say that a spring marathon is counterproductive. I just don't like experts!
In the interest of relaxing a bit I left my watch at home today. I know I ran about 9 kms including a few hills, but it was all very leisurely.
And for the philosophizing today I wish to share a little a-hah moment. I've had it before but it seems to keep slipping out of my leaky brain. I realized that I would have very few problems or worries in my life, if I didn't have so many people to love. As a matter of fact I would have nothing in my life!!
Hill run (9 kms total)
"Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence."---Napoleon Bonaparte
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Peter
Seems a bit puzzling to me to think that one event on the calendar, could have that much effect one way or other? I understand there would also be training time involved as well, but does it have to be specific to the race?
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Love happy odd john
Hi Peter,
ReplyDeleteI've just caught up with Elly's blog and realized you are back so now I've caught up with you as well. A few things to tell you.
first: It was me who sent your angel; her name is Therese Rose and she wasn't alone. She had several colleagues with her as it takes a group to protect an "idiot" such as yourself.
second: It seems one should have a "handle" to post comments on both your and Elly's blogs so I've decided to get one. Since I'm not OLD like you and Roo, I'm not REVEREND like you and Cory, I'm not ODD like you and John, I'm not a BOOP like you and Betty and I'm not a GRANDPARENT like you and Elly and several others I'm gonna call myself "older, softer mary" I think it describes me well.
third: Thanks for sharing the whole story of your face first experience and I look forward to what you and others have to say each day.
love,
older softer mary
I just love you to pieces!
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