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December 28,
2006:
Christmas Week!
This is my last week of taking it easy - well I
mean slacking with my good eating habits and
indulging with all the good Christmas food! I
love Christmas cake and cookies. It is a major
weakness. I am going to let myself keep
enjoying them for one more week until that big
day of New Year's Day. Why would I care about
my eating habits you might ask? Well, I want to
do some racing in 2007. No, I am not doing the
pro triathlon thing again; but, I do want to be
an athlete.
One of my hero's in the sport when I began
triathlon was Jeff Devlin. The guy was so
strong. If he could have learned how to swim
with the top guys he would have nailed a few
wins in Kona. Anyway, Jeff never labeled
himself as a triathlete. He thought of himself
as an athlete. A guy who was fit enough to do
anything he wanted.
Without fitness racing is painful. With a
certain level of fitness you get in a total zone
on race day. You are in such a groove and
rhythm that it can actually be easy with
adrenaline and endorphins firing away in the
body. I want to enter some races in 2007 and I
want to be in the zone.
So when that clock hits midnight December 31st
it will be time to think of moderation and to
commit to a training program where I can think
of myself as an athlete so that I can enter any
event and not be afraid of suffering thru it.
Enjoy this last week of excess!
Happy Holidays.
Yours in Sport,
Peter
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