"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which
difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."
--John Quincy Adams
roadblocks are often created for a reason. i don't like roadblocks, i don't like it when things get in my way and wreak havoc with plans. at work we refer to obstacles as "work-arounds." in fact, in emergency medicine we have become so adept at figuring out ways around obstacles that the obstacle itself persists but we have forged a way ahead without fixing an (often insurmountable) obstacle. i have learned to deal with work, after all, it is work, and if obstacles didn't exist it probably wouldn't be half as interesting as it currently is.
but things get different when it involves personal time. i recently made the decision to go race in florida with mike. after many years of trying to get some time and the training i was finally able to book a flight, register for a race and start planning. the whole prospect of an early season race in may clearly threw a big giant wrench in my traning plans. maybe wrench isn't the right word, maybe the better way to deescribe it is adding some grease and a big giant push to the wheels of training. i quickly realized that to get to florida i was going to have to train with a purpose instead of just train to train. well somewhere along that road my foot started to bother me.
wierd discomfort, not quite anything that i have encountered during my training in the past several years. anyway went to see ortho today, xrays are reassuring, might be tendonitis. well i can deal with that. a couple weeks of ibuprofen, no running for the time being. given the green light for swimming and cycling. well foot feels better already...which makes you wonder just how much of this was in my head.
but this posed a big giant obstacle for my training. at first i had to ramp up training, now i have to ramp down training, then gingerly get back into the swing. the season is long, i have another 6 months to go before madison. i need to be careful and smart. i need to get back to the starting line healthy, happy, well trained, and ready to go.
so i will take this obstacle and use it as an opportunity to work on swimming and cycling. i will increase mileage and keep the engine strong so that when i can get back to running all of the different parts are ready and the journey to get trained can be a safe and healthy one.
its going to be a big season, if all goes according to plan two 70.3, one full ironman, and an olympic just for completeness sake. i fell better now, thanks.
difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."
--John Quincy Adams
roadblocks are often created for a reason. i don't like roadblocks, i don't like it when things get in my way and wreak havoc with plans. at work we refer to obstacles as "work-arounds." in fact, in emergency medicine we have become so adept at figuring out ways around obstacles that the obstacle itself persists but we have forged a way ahead without fixing an (often insurmountable) obstacle. i have learned to deal with work, after all, it is work, and if obstacles didn't exist it probably wouldn't be half as interesting as it currently is.
but things get different when it involves personal time. i recently made the decision to go race in florida with mike. after many years of trying to get some time and the training i was finally able to book a flight, register for a race and start planning. the whole prospect of an early season race in may clearly threw a big giant wrench in my traning plans. maybe wrench isn't the right word, maybe the better way to deescribe it is adding some grease and a big giant push to the wheels of training. i quickly realized that to get to florida i was going to have to train with a purpose instead of just train to train. well somewhere along that road my foot started to bother me.
wierd discomfort, not quite anything that i have encountered during my training in the past several years. anyway went to see ortho today, xrays are reassuring, might be tendonitis. well i can deal with that. a couple weeks of ibuprofen, no running for the time being. given the green light for swimming and cycling. well foot feels better already...which makes you wonder just how much of this was in my head.
but this posed a big giant obstacle for my training. at first i had to ramp up training, now i have to ramp down training, then gingerly get back into the swing. the season is long, i have another 6 months to go before madison. i need to be careful and smart. i need to get back to the starting line healthy, happy, well trained, and ready to go.
so i will take this obstacle and use it as an opportunity to work on swimming and cycling. i will increase mileage and keep the engine strong so that when i can get back to running all of the different parts are ready and the journey to get trained can be a safe and healthy one.
its going to be a big season, if all goes according to plan two 70.3, one full ironman, and an olympic just for completeness sake. i fell better now, thanks.
