"I'm a Natural"

Naturally stubborn that is.  And that's the only skill that comes to me naturally that I can apply to my training.  I have zero natural athletic ability.  That's why I'm a poor swimmer, why I can't play golf, baseball, hockey, tennis, basketball etc, and is even why I can't, nor ever could, run fast.

But fortunately I'm stubborn!  That's the one and only reason why I can do an Ironman.  And I'm okay with that.  I would rather it be said that he can do this stuff because of his attitude, over his aptitude.  

Of course the stubbornness is a double edged sword as it has clearly caused me some problems as well.  Because I insist on banging my head against the wall, I consistently get myself over trained.

But I feel like I'm finally learning.  I think I've put together the basics for the remaining 16 plus weeks, and believe it or not there's lots of rest built in.  I intend on making Sundays complete days off for the duration!!  Holy Cow!  On top of there will be two other easy days each week.  Friday will be swim and weights only, while Tuesday will be swim and weights, with a real easy ride.  The 4 tougher days then will be long ride w/run, short hard ride w/run, hill run, and long run.  

But wait! That's not all.  Every 3 to 4 weeks will also be a recovery week, in which I will dial back the long efforts by 30 percent or so.

So we'll see how it goes.  I won't pretend it doesn't make me a little nervous, but I suppose it's easier and less risky to increase things if I feel good, then the opposite has proven to be.  Once you're over trained you're over trained, and the money's been spent so to speak.

So of course today being Tuesday it was an easy day, and I could tell quickly that I needed it.  I was slow in the pool, lazy in the gym, and a wee bit sore on my bike.  I'm excited to see how I'll feel tomorrow though.  For the first time ever I will ride inside, and follow it up with an outside run.  That of course is dictated by the return---one more time---of winter!  Gonna freeze tonite!

swim 2000 metres, weights, easy bike 60 mins

"Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent."---Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Love

Peter