Just going through the photos in the hard drive (download Picasa3 if you want an easy time of it). Found this cool shot I took in Cuernavaca, Mexico in July of 2009.
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We’ve made it back safe from the other side of the planet. We had an outstanding trip and I’ll be writing more about it soon, but right now I’m fighting some mean jet-lag.
Sleep patterns since around 5PM Friday (all days and times are CST): (more…)
In a painfully obvious observation, it seems that the the more free time I have, the less topics I have to write about. Conversely, when loads of great important things are happening (buying and selling houses, trips to the other side of the world, Ironman training) all I have time to write is that I really don’t have time to write!
I guess I’ll just have to save up all of my stories when things settle down in a while.
I’ve realized I haven’t taken an extended break from training in over 2 years. It was around August of 2006 that I started Marathon/IM Lake Placid training and I have always been training for something (half iron, IM, marathon, etc) non-stop since then. Sure, there have been an ‘easy’ week here and there, but nothing longer than seven or eight days.
It’s about time. With Montgomery fading in the rear view mirror and a month and a half until IM CDA training starts ramping up, I’ve been cutting back. I know intellectually that I’ll benefit long term, but it’s not easy to do. Training becomes habit. It’s a real emotional challenge to go from 20-hour, focused, planned training weeks to 5-6 hours a week of relaxed, spontaneous training. I’m fighting the feeling that I’m slacking too much.
There are some great things to come from time off, no doubt. For instance, ever since I’ve started biking to work, I’ve really begun to enjoy the ‘other’ side of cycling: riding for transportation and riding simply to enjoy the ride. I don’t think I’ll ever stop loving the training and racing side of cycling, but without breaks, I get the ‘hamster on the wheel’ syndrome of going nowhere fast.
Camping this weekend at Inks Lake – Ivonne got this shot of Wasabi, worthy of a magazine cover or at least a pug calendar ….
"Outside Pug" Magazine Cover