So far I haven't done a thing but ride my bike to and from work and a little hike on Sunday. It is Monday and I am actually a little stiff from that hike. It was nice to be out in the mountains. I would like to do that more this fall. Maybe tonight?
I've definitely had more thoughts about Wisconsin as the week has gone on. That race was the hardest thing I have ever done. I found a quote before I left. "It is not about finding your limits, its about finding what lies beyond them." I think I went further beyond my limits on that run than I ever have before. If you really think about it, that is an accomplishment in itself. However, I also feel a little sense of redemption. I don't see myself at this point retiring from IM racing. I need to go back at some point and have the race of a lifetime. This year is going to be the year of learning how to swim fast. I need to come up with a plan for how this is going to happen. Will you help me? PT/g-fit, lots of swimming, finding a person who can run and watch me often, some sort of camp?
The other think I need to do is figure out what is wrong with my hip. I need to call the orthopedic doctor and get in with an appointment. When I last saw him the only thing I could think about was racing, we hardly even talked about what it actually might be, just that I wouldn't permanently damage myself my doing the race. Further, once I talk to him I want to talk to my PT and see if he can give me a bunch of G-fit strength stuff to do that is specific for 1-triathlon, and 2-some of my running problems and 3- hopefully have some knowledge on swimming and dryland exercises specific for swimming. I have asked him before and I don't think swimming is a huge area of expertise for him, so I may have to find someone else.
This week has definitely been more like the off season. Erik's Korean mentor has been in town. We went to his lecture which even featured a bunch of Erik's work and then out to a fancy dinner with all the architecture people. Also, Erik received an AIA award so we got to dress up and go to that banquet and ceremony. It is really cool how respectable everybody is to Erik. I drove around on Saturday with my Mom and looked at houses in the Parade of Homes. I was hoping to get a sense of what I liked for our house, but ended up taking lots of pictures of what I don't like.
MSU now has a Tri club. I guess they have been around since last spring. I talked to the guy who is their head coach. He mentioned they want to put on a race next spring called the Bobcat. I am going to meet up with him at some point here soon. I sent the last email and haven't heard back yet. I am a little worried because we don't necessarily get along. He was all weird when I got you to come and do those clinics rather than him. Personally, I don't think he is a very good coach. I'm going to insert gossip here. He had a couple who he coached for CDA and they got pulled on the bike. Their longest ride of the year was only 80 miles. He does training rides with them on his 50lb single speed while they ride tri bikes. How demoralizing. Also, he is very USAT (level 1 certified ;) ) Anyway, back to the Bobcat. Here is the thing. I have a vision for this race. I don't want it to be diluted by too many cooks in the kitchen. I will meet with him and see what the kids in the tri club think. However he isn't getting back to me. I am hoping that won't get their ducks in row and I can just get the Bobcat done without them. Is that terrible. I don't like race organization with a committee.
Not really sure what you are thinking for the next few weeks, but I am still feeling very tired. This year seemed hard. Was it harder? I think it was. My friend is finalizing his 2014 schedule. He is very type A but just being that organized made me tired. Interesting though, I was just going through my calendar and making a list of all the racing I have done this year. There was quite a bit. Quite a few bigger races too. Anyway back to scheduling etc, maybe some checklists would be good. Not a specific schedule.
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