goals

so i had originally started the thought for this blog over a year ago. it was sometime around then that the idea was planted in my mind to try and do a half ironman. i was sitting in the MICU one night on call waiting for stuff to get done when i decided to create the blog. the original title was "the journey begins". that was great when i created the blog as the journey had just begun. however, i never actually started blogging until much later. then i decided that since the journey had long since begun, it was time for a new name. i hope to continue to write for the next 50 some odd days until the big dance.

4 months ago i sat down with a calendar from march through september to plan my attack on madison. i didn't plan exact daily work-outs, just general goals. between my work schedule and the weather it is often too difficult to make plans too far ahead of time. so instead, i wanted to have distance goals that would keep me on track for the full race. i hadn't looked at the original plan in several weeks because it seemed as if things were moving along well. so, much to my happiness, i looked at the plan this afternoon and noticed that i am ahead of my intended goals.

my training this year has far surpassed last years. i have more than doubled the total training hours. compared to last year i have ridden 1300 more miles, run 150 more miles and swam 50k more.

i am about to enter the last big couple weeks of training. but first, the last several days of rest. i am going to do a mini taper over the next several days in preparation for the spirit of racine. the race is on sunday. one or two short swims a short run or two, and a quick ride. some time to clean and prep the bike. then i am off to racine on saturday for the race.

the weather prediction is now down to 40% chance of rain, better than the 60% earlier in the week. let's keep our fingers crossed