Today I did a 20 mile bike ride and followed it with a 3-ish
mile run. In between, Doritos and
Cheetos were consumed, I’m not gonna lie.
The run was easier this time, but I was still sloowwww and my foot
ached, even taped with KT tape. Pain:
just gonna have to make friends with it.
A friend commented that I am really taking this tri training
seriously. Well, duh. It never occurred to me that working out for
2+ hours a day could be interpreted as serious, but I guess it is. I often tell people I love working out, and
if someone would pay me (a lot) to do it, I’d do it all day long. I once had a leadership coaching client who
spent some time as an Olympic hopeful, and I secretly salivated with envy when
she described to me her Olympic training schedule, which basically consisted of
inhaling her sport or some kind of training preparation for 12 hours a day.
There’s nothing more head-clearing than good hard, sustained
exercise. In fact, since I’ve been
training for this tri, I have found that the room in my brain usually reserved
for useless chatter and worry seems to have shrunk. It’s like I’m just not “thinking” as much. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to become a
Ryan Lochte or anything (although I do admire his “qualities”), but what a gift
to have a semi-quiet mind! It is easier
for me to achieve this through exercising all day than it is through an hour of
meditation.
The other reason why I never considered that I am being “serious”
about this training is because I am approaching it with a STRONG beginner’s
mind (we’re talking pre-school consciousness).
I’ve never done a sprint tri and I haven’t set a goal time. My outfit matches poorly, I’m clearly no pro. But I do have goals, and they are as follows:
1.
Finish, and not in last place (any other number
is fine).
2.
Be fit enough that my brain is unflappable, so I
can stay anchored in the present moment even when it’s tough.
3.
Have fun, yes, fun.
4.
Honor the female warrior in me (actually this
goal will be a by-product of goals 1 - 3)
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