Ironman training is extremely difficult to begin with. Add in a 60 hour work week and lofty Ironman aspirations and the training, and attempt at work/life/training balance, becomes a physical and mental challenge beyond what I've experienced. There have been many days lately when all I think about is going to sleep at night. The thought of sleeping seriously gets me through some days and workouts.
Today was one of those days. I was so exhausted by the end of the work day that I fell asleep while sitting on my bed pondering how I was going to make it through tonight's workout. Luckily work hadn't stopped (it never does) and the ring of my phone woke me up. I put on my running shorts and challenged myself to try and get 30 minutes in. Once out and running, I started thinking about Arizona and how hard I'm working towards this goal. That usually helps do the trick and it did tonight. Enough that I was able to get in just over 7 miles. I will sleep well tonight.
I'm humbled by the challenge that I'm presented with. I have an enormous respect for all multi sport athletes. The ability to manage this sport with life, family, careers, etc is something to celebrate...so I applaud all of you! On my end, I made a commitment to do this the right way...to train safely and to not lose sight of what is important in my life. For those that I made that promise to, I won't! And I love you for supporting me in this challenge. I'm off to bed as I have a hell of a weekend of training coming up. I also have to squeeze in a Duck game in the middle of it...should be interesting. Thanks for reading,
-T
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