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January 8,
2006: Bumpy
Start
Still haven't entered the lottery – but I
tried. Really I did. On Christmas eve I pulled
up the completed entry, read over it, wiped away
the cold sweat from my brow and hit the send
button. I even ponied up for the extra $50
Passport money grab AND ticked off the
“subscribe to Triathlete” box. I left nothing
to chance. A moment later a dialog box popped
up. I had exceeded the limit for almost every
question on the application. I'm hoping it's
not an IQ test because 250 “characters” is NOT
250 “words.” I closed down the Window.
Judicious editing was in order.
So
now I'm sitting in Pete's condo in Silver Star.
He's due to arrive in three hours and I'm
thinking maybe I should have the application
sent off before he gets here?
As
most of you know I've been working with Pete on
his new on-line coaching service, PRPP. One of
the things we did to make the service more
effective was to establish a relationship with
www.workoutlog.com. As the name suggests,
it's a site to log your workouts but it's also a
powerful tool for coach and athlete to
communicate. I decided to use the site for my
own training as well. The trouble with that is
now Pete can see what I'm doing (beside
procrastinating with the lottery application) to
get myself in Kona shape. While my current
level of exercise would be good for some – say a
clinically obese pensioner with diabetes, it's
not going to get me a qualifying time for a Kona
slot, let alone finish the race with any kind of
dignity. So some changes are needed.
And
I'll tell you one thing – I'm not going to make
any excuses for why I might not be training as
much as I could or should be. I'm working with
seven people right now. They've all got full
time jobs. Most have relationships and they all
get their training in. My athletes inspire me.
I'm hoping it goes both ways.
So
the road to Kona has started out with a few
bumps but with one hour of slashing I can have
the application in my outbox.
And
starting tomorrow, rather than waking in the
morning and deciding if I'm going to train or
not I'll make the decision now – I'll make it
once for the whole season and not give it
another thought.
Tomorrow I train.
Right now I've got some editing to do.
And
to the dude who offered to bribe the WTC to let
me in so he could see PR race there again – I
don't want to know anything about it! |
