Breaking 128.

That's 128+ hours! 10 weeks in and I've put in 128.5 hours of training this year!

To put that into perspective, I have been training for 10 weeks, or 70 days. Averaging that out, in 70 days I have trained 1.84 hours EACH day! I am so happy with these numbers, and really only have my awesome Coach to thank and his 'not for wimps' training plan. With each passing week I build more and more confidence in knowing I WILL be able to complete an Ironman in September, and I will be trained exactly how I should be to accomplish that.

To know that I am training, consistently, almost 2 hours per day is amazing. It's only mid-March, we're just getting started! Coach has prepped us with a really good base the last two months and now we will be getting into more strength and stamina through May.

In no time it'll be racing season!

This week is a rejuvenation week. We just completed a 5 week 'build' phase and now we take it very easy for 7 days. Only 8-9 hours total of training this week. To think that 9 hours is a cake walk would not have been my thought back in early January, but now it sure is!

I took this picture right before the swim start of Ironman WI 2009... Ahhh, the good life!! :)

"Ride of a Lifetime."

On March 7th I participated in the 'Ride of a Lifetime' put on by Lifetime Fitness. The event had a goal to set a world record for the largest and longest spin class. They packed over 1000 spin bikes into the Target Center for the 2 hour spin class. The final total was 1052 people. Man, the Target Center was stinky at the end of that 2 hour ride! It was such a blast to be part of the Guinesss world record setting ride! Here are a few pictures from that day:

                           

The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

~Robert Frost

I have always loved this poem, mainly these last four lines. There have been many interpretations throughout the years, but I have my own. I see the woods as a symbol of temptation, a means to go off course. There are so many temptations, in anyone's life, are they worth it? I have made a promise and there is no turning back. This promise requires commitment and dedication. I have miles to go before I sleep... many, MANY more miles to go before I sleep...