Since my last race in November, I have had a little bit of a lull in my training schedule. A 4 day trip to Canada, Thanksgiving and a few other things have popped up and my training has suffered. Without a race on the horizon I started to do the one thing that gets me in trouble.
I think.
I think about why I am doing all this, I think about the disappointment of not being able to run IMWI this year. I think about way too much stuff and then I get down on myself. Then when I get really bummed out I end up spending time organizing eggs in the refrigerator, and coffee cups in the cupboard but that is a whole other story.
I think, why am I doing all this and will I ever be good at it? Will I ever complete IMWI or any other IM race for that matter? I get upset when my swim times aren't what I hope for or my 10k times are not under 60 minutes. I think and then I think some more and that is not good.
Yesterday I watched the Ironman Championships from Kona on NBC. I watched an 83 year old man who did not finish last year cross the finish line. I watched a father and son team work so hard to finish only to come up short and I watched a women from Australia who was badly burned complete her recovery by finishing the race. It was just the shot in the arm that I needed to get my head on straight. I thought about why, in 2014, I got started on this path and why no matter the result I will continue on my quest to hear those 6 words; "John Massie you are an Ironman"
Tonight I made it back in the pool for the first time in a long time, it wasn't pretty and it was painful but 2017 is just around the corner, and if I want to accomplish my goals it's time to step it up.
I decided that a triathlon would be a good thing to do. Who was I kidding.
Ironman
Monday, December 12, 2016
Sunday, November 6, 2016
Monday, October 17, 2016
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Swim Workout 10/11/2016
Intervals
|
Swim Stroke
|
Lengths
|
Distance
|
Time
|
Cumulative Time
|
Avg Pace
|
Total Strokes
|
Avg Strokes
|
1
|
FreeStyle
|
16
|
400
|
08:04.6
|
0:08:04
|
2:01
|
206
|
12
|
2
|
FreeStyle
|
12
|
300
|
06:00.9
|
0:09:07
|
2:05
|
149
|
12
|
3
|
FreeStyle
|
2
|
50
|
00:55.6
|
10:05:00
|
1:51
|
27
|
13
|
4
|
FreeStyle
|
2
|
50
|
01:05.0
|
10:58:00
|
2:10
|
31
|
15
|
5
|
FreeStyle
|
2
|
50
|
00:59.3
|
11:54:00
|
1:58
|
27
|
13
|
6
|
FreeStyle
|
2
|
50
|
00:59.9
|
17:56:00
|
1:59
|
27
|
13
|
7
|
FreeStyle
|
4
|
100
|
02:07.2
|
20:12:00
|
2:07
|
54
|
13
|
Summary
|
40
|
20:12:00
|
2:02
|
521
|
13
|
Monday, October 3, 2016
Swim Workout 10/3/2016
|
Intervals
|
Swim Stroke
|
Lengths
|
Distance
|
Time
|
Cumulative Time
|
Avg Pace
|
Total Strokes
|
Avg Strokes
|
|
1
|
FreeStyle
|
16
|
400
|
08:19.3
|
0:08:19
|
2:04
|
201
|
12
|
|
2
|
FreeStyle
|
2
|
50
|
00:48.2
|
0:09:07
|
1:36
|
24
|
12
|
|
3
|
FreeStyle
|
2
|
50
|
00:57.5
|
10:05:00
|
1:54
|
25
|
12
|
|
4
|
FreeStyle
|
2
|
50
|
00:52.6
|
10:58:00
|
1:42
|
24
|
13
|
|
5
|
FreeStyle
|
3
|
75
|
00:56.7
|
11:54:00
|
1:35
|
19
|
6
|
|
6
|
FreeStyle
|
11
|
275
|
06:01.9
|
17:56:00
|
2:11
|
144
|
13
|
|
7
|
FreeStyle
|
4
|
100
|
02:15.3
|
20:12:00
|
2:15
|
57
|
14
|
|
Summary
|
|
40
|
1000
|
|
20:13:00
|
2:02
|
494
|
12
|
Sunday, October 2, 2016
Friday, September 30, 2016
Swim Workout 9/30/2016
Split
|
Swim Stroke
|
Lengths
|
Distance
|
Time
|
Avg Pace
|
Best Pace
|
Total Strokes
|
Avg Strokes
|
1
|
Freestyle
|
16
|
400
|
08:14.9
|
0:36:06
|
0:31:22
|
218
|
13
|
2
|
Freestyle
|
12
|
300
|
06:28.0
|
0:41:51
|
0:31:54
|
144
|
13
|
3
|
Freestyle
|
2
|
50
|
00:58.6
|
0:32:57
|
0:31:05
|
27
|
13
|
4
|
Freestyle
|
2
|
50
|
00:56.2
|
0:31:45
|
0:31:31
|
25
|
12
|
5
|
Freestyle
|
2
|
50
|
00:51.5
|
0:29:44
|
0:28:36
|
24
|
12
|
6
|
Freestyle
|
2
|
50
|
00:53.7
|
0:20:57
|
0:11:57
|
27
|
9
|
7
|
Freestyle
|
4
|
100
|
02:27.4
|
0:31:51
|
0:12:19
|
48
|
8
|
Summary
|
40
|
1000
|
20:49.9
|
0:35:20
|
0:11:57
|
513
|
12
|
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