Two Weeks To Go - One More Week Of Hard Training

Just back from the pool. Had a non-stop 1 hour and 15 minute swim. Was feeling very fast. Was feeling very buoyant. Cutting through the water was effortless. A solid swim. When I got to the pool there was one person in the slow lane and 2 in the medium lane. I was alone in the fast lane. For the last 45 minutes it was just me and the lifeguard and she was looking very bored. But I made her stay right till the bitter end.

As I look forward to the race, I find myself looking back at the last year of my life spent preparing for the race. My journey to the start line has seen many sacrifices and significant self discovery. Many lessons have been learned and questions answered. Perhaps the most significant has been to control that little voice in the mind that pops up when things get tough. That little voice that is very convincing and can get very loud. Its that little voice that tells you to quit. Quit the workout early........quit the diet.........quit when it gets too hard....Not today my friend.....not any day.........I was reminded how far I have come once again on Monday night. After a good weekend of training I was on the couch last Monday night and that little voice was telling me to blow off the run. It was very loud and very convincing.....the last thing I wanted to do was to go for a run. BUT I peeled myself off the couch and had a 10k run at race pace. Its days like last Monday that I will draw on when I am suffering in the last k's of the run on race day. Real change can only happen when you have control of what goes on between your ears.

So the Smashfest is two weeks from today. This week will be another full week of training up to and including Sunday night. Then I will still be doing things but at a more relaxed pace. The last week before the race is called a taper week. I still do stuff but much less distance/time and the effort/work rate is less as well.

Will be heading up to Deerhurst on Friday Sept 11.

I am ready to race.

BW