I have piled on a lot on my plate this week to overcook things a bit. Sat down last night for 30 minutes to visualize how this week is going to play out and to get my head in the right space to achieve my goals. I find it important to get psyched for big weeks like this one and to set realistic goals of what you hope to achieve. It is equally important to let loved ones know what you have planned and the potential "crankiness" the might ensue due to fatigue and/or hunger!
Friday evening I had a great chat with my friend super-star triathlete friend Katie Frauts to go over my swimming. I was starting to panic a bit having not been in the water as much as I would have liked the past two weeks. She gave me some great workouts/ideas to implement in my schedule as I try to do a swim focus block over the next little bit.
Yesterday I had a 22km run which was my best training run to date. Running is definitely my achilles tendon so I am excited to see improvements in that category this year.
Overall things are coming together during this last month of training. If I can stick to the schedule I feel confident I'll have a great race at the Calgary 70.3.
In other news, Mel and I are "negotiating" an Ironman race for 2010! One of my goals in life is to try as many of the different Ironman races throughout the world. So we are discussing possible destinations and the timing of them. Stay tuned for the results on that one.
Happy Eino Leino Day my friends! (Finland)
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That's all well and good, but what about the couch??
Still no call from the company like the company in charge of receivership said they would. No surprise there so we went ahead and opened a dispute claim against them with VISA. Hopefully we'll get our money back that way although it'll be 6-8 weeks for that to come through.
We still aiming to swim on Sunday at ghost lake? I'm putting a couple of extra layers of fat this week in preparation.
By the way, what are you doing for Canmore? Are you driving out the morning of or staying over night?
Hope the Visa thing works out. Linda had to do that once, and got her $ back fairly quickly.
Would Sunday afternoon work for you? Say, the warmest part of the day? I've got friends to meet in the morning for a little while.
I've tentatively flanged up staying with a buddy in Canmore on the evening before. However, this is very fuzzy as they travel a lot, sometimes on short notice. Last year we drove out in the am and it all worked out just fine. Well, except for the idiot driving the big ass pickup with the huge trailer hitch blocking the in and out.
Can't believe that about the couch -- we had a store shut down in the Pass as well. A few people lost their $$$$. It's sad.
And an international race for 2010? Ooooooh! I wonder where you'll go? I'm going to do 2 next year! Couer D'Alene and Canada. Can't wait! Hahahahaha!!
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