I don’t have too…I want too!!

It has been a while since my last post…had a few issues with my bog…but I’m back!!!

The past couple weeks have been very interesting. Every morning when the alarm goes off, I say to myself, “I have to get up.” I’m actually finding myself getting excited about working out…“I want too.” My body seems to be craving some of the workouts…Please understand that I don’t enjoy them all and at times I feel like I’m going to collapse. Having some of my Iron teammates around me has really helped…so I want to send out a big thanks to Brian, Phil, Rocky, Chris and all my other teammates….couldn’t do it without you!! And a special thanks to all the coaches for taking time out of their busy lives to help us achieve this goal.

Our training has really been stepped up a bit. This last Saturday we had a coach’s workout and we were instructed to bring our wetsuits. The coaches pulled up all the lanes and gave us drills to simulate open water swimming…..meaning…get ready to swallow lots of water. We then headed to the track for a few running drills (Indian drills, side to side, horse run and kick your butt….can’t remember the names but I can tell you it hurt.) Just when you thought it was over, coach Dave topped everything off with 30 minutes of core/strength training.

The next day Tony led us on a 31 mile bike ride and there were a few really tough hills along the way. I stayed with Brian most of the way which was a good thing…I forgot to print out the ride directions and would have been lost for days:) I did lose Brian at one point. We were coming down a nice long steep grade…and Brian was gone. At one point I thought I missed a turn because he was nowhere in sight. So I pulled over and asked some guy if he saw a rider go buy wearing the same type of jersey as me. He said, “dude, I sure did. That guy flew by here going at least forty.” He used a few other words that I’ll leave out...you get the idea. Yep, there was Brian at the bottom of the hill waiting for me with a big smile…he said he hit about 43….crazy!

Monday was a rest day…very nice!!

Bring on week 14!!!!