Those Closest

Those who are closest to me have endured me talking about is Ironman for months. Never, not once has anyone close to me shown any sign of Ironman fatigue. If anything I believe I have gotten more tired of the topic than I have. With this talk there have been many times where I have talked about doubt in the journey.

" Working hard is important, but there is something that matters even more. Believing in yourself"

The amazing thing about those closest to me is that even when I doubted myself, they always believed in me and I owe many thanks. I wanted to share with those people that tomorrow I do believe I will swim 4kms, that I will bike 180kms and I will complete my 15th marathon and much of that belief comes from the support I have from them, thank you.

Oh and the deep wisdom I shared above... Harry Potter.

Have you ever been scared?

I was trying to think of a time when I was truly scared about something. I don't mean scary movie scared, or someone jumping around startled scared. No, I mean a long drawn out concern of something leaning towards scared.

I am scared for Sunday to come. I am scared of swimming the 4km, scared I can't do the distance. I am scared of having my legs seize up. I an scared of the fact that I under trained. I am scared that I won't finish and that I will have to have the same conversation repeatedly, explaining why I failed or fell short.

3 Things I know

1) Congrats to Keith and Elena.

2) whistler will not be the same without Cooper.

3) It has been too long since I spent time with my cousins!

So it begins

Well the cat is away getting back to her root(s) in Australia, so the mice play. A month long road trip for Cooper and I.

The trip got off to a good start! We set out to leave at 8, so of course we left at 11, I consider this about right. The car if FULL, Cooper is perplexed and I am excited. Highlight of the trip was pulling over in Virden because of a hail storm that left visibility at nonexistent. It was about this time that I remembered what I forgot, which was inevitable. Tomorrow to Calgary, Stampede Week!

3 Things I Think

1) Packing for a Ironman, wedding and camping trip is a task.

2) Leaving ones bike front tire... Not good.

3) Swift Current, mosquitos like Winning, Trans-Canada through the centre of town and Cooper and I  resting here for now.

Bite off more than one can chew

The phrase "don't bite off more than you can chew" was first written in the 1877 book 'Western Wild' although it is widely believed that it had previously been used in regular conversation before being written. Regardless of where the phrase derived from we all do it at some point.

I have recently bitten off more than I can chew. Although I am more than confident in regards to my ability to complete a physically active endeavour I am worried about completing the 4km swim portion of the Ironman Canada. I am just not a very competent swimmer. I'm don't struggle with the aspect of being able to swim, but rather I am just not sure I can complete a 4km swim in an acceptable amount of time and I at the moment certainly can't do it with the freestyle stroke. Triathlon blogs unequivocally state that the breaststroke is too slow and too tiring to be considered an appropriate stroke for an Ironman.

The purpose of this blog is to journal my progression towards Ironman Canada 2014. I can't imagine it will be interesting to anyone other than myself, but I do feel it is an excellent way for me to track my progress and hopefully keep me in some way, shape or form more accountable to my training.

If you do decide to follow my progress I hope you enjoy it... If you don't that is just fine :)

Day 1 training: 45 minute pyramid bike training.
Weight: 200
Day 2 training: 50 minute tempo ride.
Weight: 201