January Recap

January 2017

January was a good month except for a few days when I felt like crap. I have decided to focus on my swim and I need to improve my core strength so I am working with swim coach Gina and weight coach Anthony. I am getting better in the pool every day. I need to get a race schedule put together asap.

Month recap

Swim:8400 yards
Run: 43 miles
Bike: 140.8 miles

I think too much

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.

Milwaukee Running Festival 5k

St.Louis Rock and Roll Half Marathon

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

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 Long Run