Time for the second installment from my new book on Endurance Lifestyle Design. This is still part of the introduction, but begins to frame the overall purpose of the book. At the end of the day, people are successful at what they do for a variety of reasons, and genetic ability is only part of that equation.
The final week of December was full of Christmas and the usual mayhem. Having two little girls really into the season this go ’round makes it just that much more special…and that much harder to geek out on the training.
Bobbing in the waters just of Kailua-Kona, I am treading water next to 1500 of the fittest endurance athletes on the planet. I was supposed to be one of these elites, having qualified to get here, but that still hadn’t gotten through my skull. After several days of being in a dream—my dream—I was about to start the Ironman World Championships. A 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike, and a 26.2 mile run, all under the watchful eye of the island goddess Pele.
The third week of December just flew by…partly because it was week 7 of the plan and I am in a good groove, but also because of the impending Xmas holidays. There’s just a ton of stuff to do these days and so little time to do them!
Aside from the fact the NorthEast just got slammed with something just shy of a blizzard (still howling outside!), and the need for me to spend most of the day shoveling (joy!), I will not be posting today’s weekly update.
But not everything is simple and easy in Endorfun-ville. There are times when, believe it or not, things don’t go exactly as planned. Life has a way of doing what it wants, when it wants.
The second week of December has come and gone very quickly. I felt pretty strong coming off of last week, only this time around the bike felt good but the run suffered. I survived the first set of 2x20s (as training), but really didn’t get the running done that I wanted due to the weather and life. Towards the end of the week I began to have a slight cold come on, but I am doing my best to hold it at bay. Still rising consistently at 4am, but I have adapted. Body comp suffered but has rebounded (more below), and I hope to remain strong so long as no one tempts me with dietary kryptonite (aka Peppermint Bark).
I am trying to compile a list of cool folks, stores, events to follow in the Metro Boston area and need your help! If you can send me a quick note with who I should find, what newsletter to subscribe to, etc, that would rock!
The best training plans in the world aren’t worth crap…if you don’t actually follow them. 6-months, 12-months, 5 years…all of it can be crap if you let it. In fact, planning further ahead only serves to increase the likelihood of crap in your future.
As we start another month, I wanted to begin the practice of keeping you updated on what I am doing behind the scenes here. I work in parallel universes between this blog and Endurance Nation, so this effort is both to keep a record but also to keep me focused!
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