What I'll Be Doing September 9th
Thursday, August 02, 2007
For anyone who's curious what the Wisconsin Ironman course looks like, check out Simply Stu's great overview of each leg here. What a great tool for visualization and/or for out-of-towners who don't have much of a chance to recon the course. Must've taken some serious work to put these together, but on behalf of one Ironman-in-training, tres helpful. Thanks, Stu!
Or, for anyone who wants to get more of a spectator feel of Ironman, check out Xt4's blog, Becoming Ironman, and click on any of the sections under "documentary film" on the right-hand side.
Today I'm largely tired of navel-gazing. I want to think and write about something other than Ironman, but I just can't. As worn out as I am from thinking and thinking about it, that's all I've got.
I found myself wishing, all day long, that I could just go and train without having to fit it in around life. I'm back to a place where motivation isn't the problem, but finding enough time -- or the chunks of time that I need to do my workouts these days -- is. All day, I've been irrationally jealous of all those in training who don't have 9 to 5 jobs. I wish I could take the next few weeks off and just concentrate on training. But, alas, this is the real world and I do have one of those jobs that requires me to be here for set hours each day, even when there's not a whole lot going on. Makes me stir-crazy. So, I'm off to see what I can do about fitting in a bike ride before my horse has to get his feet done at 6 p.m., and a swim/run after that.
Good times.
Posted by Erin 1:55 PM