Moving forward

What a hectic week. For numerous reasons. It is now Wednesday night and I'm sitting in another hotel room (3rd of the week so far) about to fall asleep. I'm pretty exhausted. Not from training, because this week is a recovery week for me, but just life. I had to hop in my car and drive 4 hours post half marathon on Sunday which gave me a lot of time to reflect on my race. As I mentioned previously, it was not the race I wanted, but it doesn't really matter. My race is August 31, 2010 in Canada. So how to move forward from a disappointing race? That's what I've been dealt with this week.

Luckily, I've been distracted by work. That helps make it easier. Also, I still had a good race, just not what I wanted. Moving forward though is a tough thing. Endurance racing is not something you just forget the next day. Whether it is an Ironman you have tapered for and spent months preparing for or a 1/2 marathon you jumped into to work on a few items...you dwell on the race after. It's just what happens. Until, that is, you start to focus on the next challenge. And I love challenges!! The next challenge is Boise. I have a couple key workouts next week that will help provide me with a barometer of my fitness level...I'm so looking forward to those workouts!! Beyond that I have a heavy 4 week block of training that will take me into a short taper for the event.

I feel like my bike is where it needs to be and when healthy my run is where it needs to be. I need to really bang out the swim the next 6 weeks as I have neglected it the past 2 months, but I'm not overly concerned with this. The next 6 weeks will help prepare me for a solid 12 week cycle leading into Canada. That is my ultimate challenge. The challenge? Well, I've set a few goals. I'm not willing to share all of them yet, but let's say I want to ride to my ability at IMC without overly exerting myself. I also want to run a quality marathon...something within the neighborhood of my current open marathon PR. And finally, well...there is a certain family record in Canada that I want to take a run at. It will involve me shaving 53 minutes off of my time at IMAZ. Time to move forward.

-T