Some of you (KSH esp.) may know that my coach and I have had a very rocky going the last couple of months.
A few weeks ago he ASKED me when I was going to start IM training. I told him right after christmas. He flipped a nut and started going off about how there was NO WAY I would be ready in time, blah blah blah... And then the next day he left me a message that said "If you think you can be ready in 90 days for an IM, then call me the week between christmas and new years and I'll write something up"...
I deleted the message and said to myself 'bye bye little fly"... I really didn't care. I'm not out to win my AG or qualify for Kona. I just want to have a decent chance of finishing without worrying about cut offs. I've been working very hard since April to give myself that chance. One key way is to take off the lb's. and I'm doing that. The way I see it is the less ballast I have to cart around on the course, the better off I'll be.
I like to say that I'm building the foundation for my big build that starts in Jan. If I try to start building now I'll be burned out and sick by the time April comes around. I just don't have it in me to spend all weekend on the bike or running right now. IMO A 2-3 hour ride and a longish run is enough to keep the legs remembering what going long means.
And then there is that matter of all the OTHER things that are going on in my life right now...
So I get home tonight and I have an email from him that says this....

"fyi.with a 6 month training program I had 3 people in Kona
2 girls... one... won her age ,the other did a 11:37,and the guy pulled a
10:18..any questions??"

Thats all it said. Should I respond? Would you? A part of me wants to rip him one and remind him that he was SUPPOSE to be coaching my husband, that is what we paid him for (who he hasn't called in weeks) but that HE decided to take me on as well. And that my goals are not that. They are not qualifying for Kona. They are not winning my age group. I want to ENJOY the sport, and I don't have the drive to push myself like that.
Heck after last april I realized that I'm not even worthy of a Kona lottery slot. Not until I can handle the wind....But I digress.

So as much as I want to respond, I'm thinking that with his ego it would just slide over his head, or cause a big ordeal that I just don't have the time or energy to deal with right now.
Sigh.... I dunno??? The German in me doesn't want to let this go but I know I prolly should!

hmmm... what is that buddist chant my friends mom used to do again?? I need to align some chakras or something!!