Sunday Training Day

I'm writing this on Monday night because I haven't had a chance to upload any of the blogging due to work schedule. Work has been crazy in a good way. It's kept me busy!

Sunday was a day of some serious training after a tough day of riding on Saturday. It was nice to be outside during some good weather for a change. Now if the weather would just stick for a while so the outdoor training could be more consistent.

The ride was a 2.5 hour 45 mile ride that literally kicked my tail due to the cold and wind. The Sunday swim workout/thrashing was as follows:

20 Minute Warm Up
8 x 75 fins 1:30, 1:45, 2:00
25 tarzan swim
25 fly kick
25 free swim breathing every 5

Group 2, 31 x 100
6 x 100 @ 2:00
8 x 100 @ 1:55
4 x 100 @ 1:50
3 x 100 @ 1:45
8 x 100 @ 1:40
2 x 100 @ 1:35

One Final Swim Before. . .

Well, the anticipation has fully set in! The culmination of a lot of hard work that started back on April 28th has led to this - getting to the point where we face our ultimate goal head on. There's no turning back, and even if there were, Troy and I would dare not even think about it. This has been more than a physical tweaking and transformation. More than a minor goal to achieve. This has, for me personally, been a life changing experience. I have learned so much about myself in the last 3 months. This training and going for this specific goal has taught me about pain and how to deal with it. Not just on a physical pain level, but on an emotional level as well. I feel God has truly used this experience to change me in many ways and used my brother Troy as his mouthpiece. This is only the beginning of many of these small goals that I will set out to push myself, my body, my spirit, and my mind to achieve. I'm much different than I was three months ago and I'm much healthier and better because of it.