They make me think too much about what I'm doing with my life.
Thom and I got talking about dreams today as we were driving over to Mt Diablo for our bike ride. You know... "Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, or is it something worse..."
We're both very happy in general with lives. We love our jobs (most of the time). We love each other all the time. We love our kitties... life is good. Really the only dreams we have are about traveling... except... I want to do an Ironman. Thom asked me what's keeping me from making it happen. I'm terrified of the amount of training. I did my two HIM this year with sh!t for training. I can suffer very well day of... Can I make myself do what I need to, to make this work... we'll see.
July 30, 2011 is the full Vineman.
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Thread: Stupid Carpe Diem Songs!
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08-18-2010, 11:32 AM #1
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Stupid Carpe Diem Songs!
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08-18-2010, 02:48 PM #2
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V..you're one tough & strong chick and could see you doing an IM.
You make everything look easy!
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08-18-2010, 03:44 PM #3
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Have fun at your Ironman! I have no doubt you'll make this dream come true.
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08-18-2010, 04:01 PM #4
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Go, V, Go!
Just change "how hard can it be?" thread to "THIS is how hard it is"
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08-18-2010, 04:30 PM #5
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You are strong. Your are tenacious. You can make it work.
Thom supports you. Don't let the fear of training hold you back.
"You can't get what you want till you know what you want." Joe Jackson
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08-18-2010, 04:57 PM #6
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July 30's not bad - you get spring outdoor training time and it's not too far into the summer to ruin good long (or longish) riding time afterward. You'll do great. Have to knock things off the bucket list sooner or later.
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08-19-2010, 07:50 AM #7
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08-19-2010, 04:32 PM #8
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I read something recently (Chi Running?) about this sort of topic. It made a lot of sense to me. It said that our activities should be extensions of our lives rather than goals to be set & accomplished. Running/cycling/swimming should be done for the pure joy of movement rather than counting out miles/calories/days to the event. If we find ourselves able to compete as a side benefit that's fine.
I wish I could be so pure of heart & mind. I'm going to try to incorporate that into my training (is it proper to call it training?) I confuse myself regularly. Thinking too much again.To train a dog, you must be more interesting than dirt.
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