...that is the question?
Do I have an answer...not at this time. I really want to do another Half Iron Man and would probably do the Boise 70.3. It was hard enough getting all of the stuff together for an in town Tri, I can't imagine the packing it takes to travel and do a Triathlon in another location.
My biggest problem is time. I need to find the time to train properly. I trained a ton last year. Was it the right amount? Who knows? I finished and I never was injured. I know deep down inside that I could have done better. So did I train enough? I think these are questions that athletes ask themselves all of the time. Do we really ever have the answers? That is difficult for an OCD person like myself who is goal oriented.
In retrospect, I can improve in all 3 disciplines. My swim needs work. My bike speeds are slow and I hit the wall during the last 6 miles of the run portion. My mental game was good, but my body wasn't. So I guess I need to train more....that is a problem because there is only 24 hours a day to...work full-time (8-9 hours a day) and be single Mom 5 nights a week. Sleep is critical and I can not and will not decrease the number of hours that I need to sleep. I need to be safe when I provide anesthesia to my patients and I need to be patient when dealing with my children. "Good" sleep is an absolute necessity!
So that leads to the next question...when training...am I training hard enough? I guess I need to train harder in the shorter amounts of time that I do have. Perhaps take less time traveling to locations to train, ie: the gym. Utilize every minute of the day to accomplish my goals. No excuses!!
How am I going to do this? Well, the new NordicTrack treadmill is in route. I love to run and need to do it more. I hate running on the treadmill, but it is what I gotta do. I figure I can get up around 445 or 5 and get a run in before the kids are awake and I need to shower to goto work. In the evening after the kids go to bed I can get on the bike trainer and get more time in the saddle. Okay so that is running and biking. What about swimming? I am going to have to get a babysitter over to the house at least one night during the week to goto the gym after work and get in the pool. Saturday and Sunday will have to be used for pool time or when it gets warmer, open water swims. So it is possible, gotta have the desire.
Brick workouts....ugh....love them but very time consuming. What the hell Saturday or Sunday will just do mini tri's. Swim at the gym, get on the bike, follow it with a run. Yikes...So I am looking at an unconventional training calendar, but it is doable. I can do it. What do you think?
I am not going to register just yet. I am going to re-evaluate this plan in one month and see how it is working. The Boise 70.3 does not usually fill up too fast, so I am going to give it time.
Wish me luck!
Failure is not an Option!
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