Ah, training this past weekend was top notch, a joy, fun, inspiring and powerful! After last week's disastrous, hilly, bike ride in El Moro Canyon, I was down in the dumps and completely unmotivated. With something like 6 weeks of training left, didn't see how I was going to pull-off another 12 miles; not to mention, connecting it to swimming and running. At first, I told myself I would swim during the week so I could hit the hills on my bike both Saturday and Sunday mornings. Well, Friday came, and I hadn't done any swimming. And then Saturday morning came, and I slept in; didn't swim, cycle or run. By time Saturday night hit, the plan was to stay local Sunday morning and ride the streets of Signal Hill.
As one might guess, when Sunday morning daylight peaked through the blinds, I rolled over. Tossing and turning trying to convince myself to get up and get moving, it all of the sudden dawned on me that instead of playing this little mind game and beating myself up and maintaining my frustration, the thing to do was bump it down.
Bingo, I was outta bed and at my laptop emailing Scott Tinley's Adventures switching from the Off-road Extreme Triathlon to the On-road Sprint Triathlon. So, instead of a .5 mile swim, 17-mile off-road bike ride and a 10k. I'll now be doing a .25-mile swim, a 12-mile on-road bike ride and a 5k. Nailed! I got this one nailed. Currently, I'm there! All I need to do now is focus on my form, technique and speed.
And no sooner did I click send, I was out the door and on my way!
Ended up covering 11.1 miles on the bike path with a bit of an adrenaline rush pushing me to some, thank you road bike and your skinny tires, 3:30 miles (way FAST for me!) and then I hit the ground running for another 2 miles. Had hoped for 3, but I'll take the 2.
Successful. I'm again feeling successful and powerful in my ability to accomplish a goal, and it doesn't matter that I've lowered the overall distances; what matters is that I'm still in the game, and I'm feeling strong, confident and viable in my athletic ability. This regained mind set then spills over to other aspects of my life contributing to my emotional and psychological well-being and stability.
Bingo, I was outta bed and at my laptop emailing Scott Tinley's Adventures switching from the Off-road Extreme Triathlon to the On-road Sprint Triathlon. So, instead of a .5 mile swim, 17-mile off-road bike ride and a 10k. I'll now be doing a .25-mile swim, a 12-mile on-road bike ride and a 5k. Nailed! I got this one nailed. Currently, I'm there! All I need to do now is focus on my form, technique and speed.
And no sooner did I click send, I was out the door and on my way!
Ended up covering 11.1 miles on the bike path with a bit of an adrenaline rush pushing me to some, thank you road bike and your skinny tires, 3:30 miles (way FAST for me!) and then I hit the ground running for another 2 miles. Had hoped for 3, but I'll take the 2.
Successful. I'm again feeling successful and powerful in my ability to accomplish a goal, and it doesn't matter that I've lowered the overall distances; what matters is that I'm still in the game, and I'm feeling strong, confident and viable in my athletic ability. This regained mind set then spills over to other aspects of my life contributing to my emotional and psychological well-being and stability.




Yes, all y'all, Squirt was my energy drink of choice Sunday morning. Went to the "wrong" 7-11 where they only sell Gatorade, and I don't, and I repeat, I don't like Gatorade. They had every size, shape and flavor of it, mind you, but no Propel or flavored water of any kind. And they had plenty of "plain" water, too, from a multitude of suppliers, but I need FLAVOR, and a bit of fizz ain't bad either! Squirt has carbs, sugar and a little salt but most of all, it's got FLAV-UHH!

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