Things change

Some times I feel like the world is getting crazy ! The amount of people out there that haven't got a care in the world except themselves is amazing. I try to really go out of my way everyday to make someone have a better day, if everyone just would do that a couple times in a day it would sure help !

Try that tomorrow. You might like it !

Dont stop

Have a quick read

Just an interesting clip from an article I was reading !

7. Positive Mental Attitude

If you want to be an effective triathlete, you must have the right attitude. Say to yourself, "I will nail this workout," rather than, "I want to nail this workout." Believing that a positive mental attitude is critical to his success, Kemper seeks outside help to work on this habit.

"I meet regularly with a sport psychologist at the Olympic Training Center, and we work a lot on positive self-talk. It's easy for negative thoughts to come into your head when things aren't going according to plan during a race. It's important for me to notice those thoughts and immediately refocus my thinking on the process," he says.

Part of having a positive mental attitude is being able to move past bad workouts or races. "If you have a positive attitude, you'll get a lot more out of your workouts," says Lieto. "You have to believe you can do it."

So if you want to be an effective triathlete, or if you just want to place in your age group at your next triathlon, integrate these habits into your lifestyle. Remember that good habits are like bad habits—once you form them, they are hard to break. And if you treat the whole process as a formula that includes the above components, you will find success in the sport.

And so it begins

IMMT 140.6 training has begun ! I'm not pounding any large miles or swimming song huge swims I'm just preparing. Eating healthy, cutting a few calories hitting the gym ! I have really let myself down this summer by not focusing hard on training, the only good that could come of this is I might be rested up enough to get on better shape for the heavy volume to come in a few months!

That's my goal now, to build base fitness and drop some lbs enough to turn it up when the time is right!

I've had a great couple first days of eliminating crap from my diet, it's like a purge that lasts for about 2 weeks then all cravings are gone and it will be time to ramp things up!

It's hard to believe I was able to complete  the 70.3 ironman at the weight I was and not have a stroke ! But it's done and a valuable lesson learned!

Time to focus and move forward !

Rest week

So my rest week begins, I'm going to have a small swim tomorrow morning, (I hope) and maybe a short walk tomorrow but nothing serious. I'm hoping for a short bike on Thursday with another swim then a walk Friday followed by a bit of a bike Saturday maybe 20 km, real early though so I can have a full day with Erin for our anniversary!

Sunday it's back to planning for the week to come will be a difficult one ! This is where it all begins, the start of IMMT training, and no I'm not doing any long rides or huge distance on the run I'm slowly going to build an ironman machine, one that's going to take me to the finish line in style! 

Ill add a couple Muskoka race day pictures to show the pain in my face lol 

Muskoka 70.3 IRONMAN 2013

Well the day after shows its ugly head and I can recap the race, only this time I didn't have any excuses, or reasons to have a sub performance day other than lack of training which resulted in the fattest triathlete at the race. 

Ya I know don't be so hard on yourself, but mark my word you will not recognize 2014 Ironman Mont-Tremblant triathlete because he will be 50 lbs lighter, that's the only thing standing in my way of getting faster is the weight. I'm totally capable of pounding up those large grinders in Muskoka so dropping a pile of weight will make a huge difference.

I have a super amazing team also right down the line to the Durham Region Triathlon club, they come out and support and cheer you on, they are an amazing group of people!

Time now to take a full 2 weeks of serious training, I'm thinking light cardio with stretching after with some swimming and start back into weight training, them the beginning of October ease back into triathlon!

Have a great day !

70.3 Ironman Muskoka in the bag

I don't have a lot of time because I'm not sure if I'm going to barf or fall asleep, in either order so I will leave the race story for tomorrow !

Here we go again

2013 Muskoka 70.3 

Wish me luck ! I'd love to get a finishers jacket ! There is only one extra large here, I hope it's still there tomorrow if I finish!