Goals

It is hard not to think about goals and how to get there. I was reading a blog yesterday about someone who is 19 days away from their first Ironman and it got me thinking about mine. My goal is Coeur d’Alene in June 2012. It WAS going to be next year, but Goofy cut in line. With the way this past year has been it is a really good thing that it did get bumped. Then of course I started thinking about how I am going to get there. What’s that saying, “You don’t plan to fail, you fail to plan.” My swimming is good, it can definitely get better, but getting more pool time will help that. My bike… talk about a pain in the butt! Ok, so I need to find a) Better bike shorts; b) Better saddle; c) get more butt time in the saddle so my butt gets numb to it! Sadly, my bike has not made it out of the garage this year. I went in there this past weekend trying to find something and reached over to check the tires and for some odd reason both tires were flat, hmmm, I can’t figure that one out! Lastly, my running. Yea, I can do a marathon, that is no issue, but making sure I can do that marathon AFTER a 2.4 mile swim AND 112 miles on the bike is a whole different story! Between today and race day I am looking at two – three marathons, two – three half marathon, a century ride and as much pool time as possible!
Last night I took Charlie out for a refresher training walk, he forgot all his leash manners so we are starting slowly. I had planned on going out for about 3 miles, but that was before I had to sprint to my car in the pouring rain! And then mommy duty kicked my butt (back to school night is always so draining). By the time Charlie and I got home we had almost completed two miles (with two short runs injected because he really wanted to and he wasn’t pulling to hard!
Today – no evening activities. Going to try to hit the gymlet for three miles before picking up the boys!