Tri Minus 16

I have a new best friend after this week, my Ice Pack.  I’m not sure what happened but Sunday I woke up with a pain in my lower back.  The good news is it didn’t hurt when I was standing up or bent over.  I have fallen asleep once in my life standing up while riding a bus out to a plane on the tarmac in Frankfurt (jet lag is an amazing phenomena) but it really isn’t a good way to get quality sleep. 

I tried to work out on Monday night, trust me if I let pain stop me from doing anything I wouldn’t get much of anything done, but I had to give up after only 15 minutes on the elliptical.  I spent the next 2 nights on the couch with my new friend.  On Thursday things were feeling better so I went and was able to get a full workout in and then I swam on Saturday afternoon and things are starting to get back to normal.

I know that even though I my have some set backs along the way, I have to trust in my training, my resolve and my discipline to be able to complete this journey. 

Proverbs 1:1-3

Tri Minus 17

Apollo 17 was the last Apollo mission to land men on the Moon. Eugene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17, still holds the distinction of being the last man to walk on the Moon, as no humans have visited the Moon since December 14, 1972.

December 1972 – I was a junior in High School and still had a life time ahead of me.

This last week my mother read a book titled “Old is a Four Letter Word”, by Ethel Stockton.   I know that she really enjoyed it and the title definitely catchy.  What I want to let you all know, I am not OLD, I am just more experienced. 

That is why I’m going to do this triathlon I’m not experienced enough yet.

This week the Tri-A-Tri Reach Team met for the 1^st time.  What an amazing group of people.  What I find so amazing is why we are all there.  Some of us are there to be able to say we finished a triathlon, others are there because they have done one and are there to support us rookies, while others have done many are just excited to find folks that they can share their knowledge with.  One of our team has completed an IRONMAN TRIATHLON in the past.  Now that is big time.

 Hebrews 2:18

Tri Minus 18

Another week gone, was it a good one? I had 3 really good nights of working out, can’t say I did all that much with the rest of the week.

My body is feeling pretty good these days and I’m finding my rhythm in the gym. One night this week a friend asked me if I was heading to workout and my response: “Yes, I’m going to go and feed my obsession.” That is one thing about me, when I go for something, I put everything into it. The biggest problem I have now is that I need to be careful not to over train. I did this when I was training for the STP in 1998. I was blessed to have gotten a cold a month before the ride so that I actually had to rest.

So this week the goal is to stay on schedule and not push it too hard and not get carried away and keep feeling good.

John 6:27

Tri minus 19

I just finished watching the Saints beat the Colts. What a good game. Both teams played well, one took the secure route and the other took chances. That onside kick to start the 2^nd half turned the game. The Colts and their steady game plan just could recover after that.

I guess that’s how I feel about this triathlon. I could take the easy route and NOT run, be conservative and not risk another injury, but where would that get me. It would get me where I was in the spring of 2008, 25 lbs heaver, out of shape and hardly able to get myself out of a chair. I would not have made it to the top of Mt St Helen’s last summer.

Risk need to be managed and thought through, but to fear and not take chances only leaves you wondering what might have been.

I had a good week in the gym this week. It was pretty intense and I swam without pain in my shoulders 2 nights. I felt like I had won the battle this week. It sure helps to have weeks like that as you train over time. It helps to balance out the down weeks and keep you going.

2 Timothy 1:6-8