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I\u2019m not sure where this one will go but thought I should try to stay consistent and get another post in for my blog. The one and only thing that has remained consistent with my wife being pregnant is my swims. I have tried to keep up with runs, but with her HCG and pregnancy onset hyperthyroid issues, its a crapshoot off is she will have the energy to help with the kiddos. So, swims it is after the wee ones are asleep.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I\u2019m trying to slow down in the water. I tend to swim one speed and although I am making gains, I feel that I am muscling through more than identifying and finding solid patterns and rhythms that will carry me through a full distance and 2.4-mile swim.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
So, ya, I\u2019m not sure where to take this, other than I had another great swim last night. After my I am trying to slow down, I have a 1:18 all out 100 yard effort. This is a spike and a data point and is outside of my bell curve, but I wanted to see just how far I could push while the video capture was on. I grabbed some footage for video so I can re-analyze my stroke. That being said, I was able to pick up on something I need to focus on despite the whole needing to get the correct angle. So, that was easy to pick up on. Well, swimming was once a hard thing and now I am picking apart the hard things I can\u2019t really see while swimming in an effort to get the most ROI during the swim and I hope to put out a 70-80 % effort and come out of the swim ready to tackle the next two disciplines not being wasted from the swim like my first 70.3 in 2015.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Always learning and trying to keep the needle moving consistently forward\u2013
\nCame across this quote today in my inbox and thought it was worth dressing up a bit. The pic is me captured by my dad, I was coming out of t2 at 70.3 IM St George in 2017. So much was right, but I burnt my match waaaay too early in the swim and on the bike. I know what I did wrong, and that is good enough. On the run, minutes after this pic, I came undone mentally, the event fell apart, I still finished in time but I was choking on burnt biscuits.
\nI have come to terms with that day many times, not indwelling but trying to pick apart improvements. So, I\u2019m ready to go after this again. I have some ask \u2018why this hard course \u2018 and I think my simple response is, bc it is just that. I identify with a phrase \u2018rehearsal for life\u2019. I don\u2019t know why my wife supports me in my madness but I do absolutely love that she permits my human weakness in my efforts of multisport activities.
\nHow grateful I am to my wife and most intimate friend \u2013 \u2013 Liz \u2013 thank you! And so, another journey begins. Hang on!<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThis is kind of the odd spot of the year because it is time where seasons are beginning to change. That being said, I plan on putting my bike on the trainer on Monday\/Tuesday of next week. I hope to get a ride outside on Saturday between conference sessions (Click Here<\/a>). So, the same is happening with running, and I am having to make myself more available to my family. I am trying to determine with Liz what our options for deferral for IMSTGeorge are. So, those are the options. This points back to Thoughts-patience-more.html (Click here for announcement post)<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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So my wife and I recently learned we are expecting kiddo number 4 in May 2020. So, it looks like I will defer my IM scheduled for May 2, 2020 \u2014 St George, Utah. So, we must contemplate other options. We are excited to welcome kiddo 4, and my training has been consistent but \u2018just different\u2019. I am sharing here. I am a self-coached athlete. I like things I hear from the Crushing Iron (C26) triathlon community (Click Here)<\/a>. I find my resources and apply them best to me. I have been an unforgiving workload this week that just happens to line up with Liz not have a great past two weeks with onset \u2018morning sickness\u2019 and he hyperthyroid issues that occur from being pregnant \u2013 it has just been a BIG keep your head together and be the best I can be in the moment. I have good and bad moments.<\/p>\n
I recently came across this dude below, I\u2019ve heard him many times, but finally, put together who he is. I like his lyrical poetic type style. It\u2019s a bit free-style meddled with constructive and challenging and provoking mindful thoughts. I\u2019m sure he is as complex and messed up as many of the rest of us, but his work is causing me to pause and reflect. The last one is from the Master or hard things, Mr David Goggins. IF I need to explain more, please just watch. I think that is what I have to share for now. So, I\u2019ll pause there. Cheers! Enjoy!<\/p>\n
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