Did I mention I’m doing an Ironman?
Yeah. I know. Hasn’t slipped my mind either.
STUPID EXCITED.
Last week I confirmed with my favorite coach in the whole world that — indeed — she would take me on as an athlete for 2009. I know that I will get me across the finish line, but this lady will get me to the starting line ready to finish.
I can’t wait to start working with a coach again. I love handing the control over to someone who knows what (the heck) they’re doing. All I have to do is show up and do the work. And that’s exactly what I’m going to do.
We’re not going to get together until after the holidays, so I have some time to find my dusty running shoes and get directions to the new Y swimming pool. It’ll be like first day, freshman year. Although this time I know there actually is a pool.
It also means it’s time to clean out my training closet, get rid of the junk, and get the useful stuff handy. Paddle, fins, body glide, Yaxtraks, suits, etc. It’s all there somewhere.
I also need to complete the tome that is my Athlete Information form. This always turns into a 10 page endeavor of likely more information that Liz ever would want to know about me. But more is more. (Right? No?)
I spent two hours working on it last week. Two hours and didn’t finish. Two hours and promptly failed to save the version I was working in. I’m a IDJUDT. Confirmed.
So this week I have to tackle the form again, and this time save it.
In the mean time…I need to start working out again.
It’s been a while. A long while. And we all know it’s that first run that’s the hardest.
But, I just have to rip the bandaid and get out there. I’m going to shoot for a loose schedule like this.
Run – MWF – low mileage, some walking first week or so, only base building pace.
Swim – TTh – get my arms back, focus on form, lots of drill work to get back into good habits.
Bike – WSat – get some muscle memory back, some cadence drills to work on efficiency, nothing crazy.
Weights – TTh – very low weight, high rep, ease into building muscle mass from extended time off.
Today is the first day of iron training, 2009. Oh boy.
I’ve also decided to build a new home for my blogging energies. It was mainly a response to my boredom with the blogger platform and need to create something beyond the IM Able world I had built there, and my distaste for the WordPress platform.
I am, as we know, a fickle woman.
The new site has a place for me to blog about life outside of sport, as well as continue to track my training and racing. It also has a place for me to throw up details about my cooking and to share photos and (someday) video.
There are different RSS feeds for each of the pages, so you can subscribe to any or all, depending on what you give a darn about. All you have to do (for those whose internet savvy is on par with my own!) is click on the RSS feed button on the page you’d like to stay updated on (e.g., Chopping as Therapy) and copy and paste the url of the resulting page into your reader subscription. (The subscription titles are a little wonky, and I’m sorry for that. I’ll figure out how to fix that as soon as the athlete form is done. Again.)
Anyway, without further adieu…
My new Mac webpage: An Approximation Thereof.
Thanks for visiting!
Dec:8 at 4:20 pm
I’m in! Can’t wait to follow your journey this next year 🙂
Dec:18 at 2:39 am
I hope you’re getting out there! Like you said, getting started is the hardest part….
Good luck!!!
Dec:18 at 7:12 am
jayme!!!!
i’ve been so so out of the loop. no blogging for months and months (long story i explain some day) and now i’m trying to come back myself. trying to check in with my favorite bloggy peeps. what a great time to check in on you!!! first congrats on your wedding. you look so absolutely beautiful and completely happy!!! and then AND THEN i read that you’ve thrown down the gauntlet for 140.6. how friggin’ exciting is that???!!!! and no cares whether it’s an mdot race or not. you’re still going the full distance and it’s all the same work to get there. i’m looking at the non-mdot vineman full in august myself, so we’ll see. anyhow, just wanted to stop in and say hi. get to rippin’ off that bandaid and i look forward to reading all about it!!! xoxo-monica
Dec:25 at 8:06 pm
Well, like Monica, I’ve been off the scene lately, but I couldn’t be happier for you and everything that is going on!
Jan:18 at 12:48 am
I can’t wait to follow your journey. What IM are you going to do?
Feb:11 at 9:26 pm
I am so excited to follow your IM journey.
🙂
What IM are you doing? WI, I assume if your plan starts this week or maybe Louisville?
Not sure what city you live in, but if you need riding partners around the IM loop here in Madison, let us know, we’ll ride it with you. Not sure of your speed, but we are not fast on that IM course, maybe 15-16mph ave. Email us if you find yourself up/down/over here 🙂
May:21 at 12:46 pm
Кстати, если закончаться фото Одри, то можешь в фотошопе старые фото накладывать на новый фон, так и разнообразие будет и ты работать продолжишь
May:22 at 9:59 pm
Да,aleks,побороть лень, действительно иногда очень сложно..
May:23 at 8:19 pm
я бы сказал не интересно, а разумно
May:24 at 5:28 pm
Ух ты, мне понравилось!
Sep:29 at 1:15 pm
You still around? Did your blog move? Would love to hear how things are going.