Ironman Inspiration

10 weeks until the Charlottesville Sprint Triathlon. I have not been as committed to training as I should've been and more than anything its a mental game at this point. I know I can do all 3 distances individually and I'm pretty sure if I took it slow I could do them all in a row right now. However, I need to get my performance up if I want to enjoy the day (aka I don't want to fill incredibly sick from overworking myself to get a decent time). Last year I was really scared that I would DNF (Did not finish) that it inspired me to train lots. This year it's a mental game to tell myself that I need to train more if I want to improve my time. So often when I'm running or biking right now I see a shortcut and think "Well, I could just cut it short today, it wouldn't matter that much." However, all those times cutting short would only hurt me in the end since you can't cram for a race like you can studying. All nighters don't work in physical goals.

To pick up a little more inspiration about doing this, today I watched the Ironman 70.3 competition. Half the length of a full Ironman but that is still 1.2 miles swimming, 56 miles biking, and 13.1 miles running. The perseverance of the athletes was impressive. They also did some stories on unlikely competitors who had overcome hardship to be there. If they can do it, so can I. Plus, my distance is a lot shorter so there is no reason not to be in my best physical shape.

Getting Realistic, part 2

A few posts ago I wrote that I wasn't training as much as I needed to be and that caused me to drop out of the Cville 10 miler. The second casualty has been the Muddy Buddy. I have not ridden a mountain bike in quite some time and certainly not offroad. With only 3 weeks until the event, it isn't going to happen. Instead with the 10 weeks I have left until the first triathlon, I'm going to focus on the activities for that.

My revised list grouped by liklihood
Definites:
Cville Sprint Triathlon
Iron Girl Sprint Triathlon
Richmond Marathon
Iffy:
Cville International Triathlon (as part of relay team - thus need to check with my team)
Unlikely:
Luray International Triathlon - it's just too close to Pennsic
Boys and Girls club ride - I just don't enjoy biking that much and I should be well into marathon training at that point.

Richmond Marathon - Registered

I am now officially registered for the Richmond Marathon. I should've done it yesterday when registering for the Cville Sprint Triathlon, since I missed one of the early registration time frames by a day. But now I've paid, so I'm going to do this thing!

(And no, it's not an Aprils Fools joke... I'm serious, I'm doing this)