At the fork of the road...

Last week, my training has gone up and down. Looking back, I missed my bike drills and need to hit the pool more often. Yesterday, I had a chat with my sis and we discuss about my training and my career.

Basically it came down to this...I only have time and effort to focus on one thing.

Either my work career or my "tri" career (if u can call it that).
Could I have done both at the same time? Probably. But what is one thing I want to do if I can do it everyday for the rest of my life? (in another words, what is my purpose..what is God created me to do).

The answer became very clear.

Looking back the month of Feb, I haven't really push myself into making the transition. I haven't find a job that just pay the bills so I can focus on my training.

I told my sis that if I want to become a coach in the future, I have to start training now. I need to do it myself before I can help others along the way. That just make sense to me. Besides training and racing is fun anyways ;). She was very supportive. We set a date to go back to Hong Kong next year and visit relatives.

My future is a blur. I have no idea where I will end up with. But I know I will be landing into doing something that has to do with endurance sports. Be it racing, coaching, or in the industry (more business sided). For now there is only one focus...train train train...IMUSA 2007. Everytime I feel discourage during my run, swim or bike, I remind myself the struggles I will face in Lake Placid. Either I pay up front right now with my training, or I pay later in LP.

It was chilly outside (about 0* F) but I didn't care. The mp3 player died 15 min into the run but I didn't care. I had 6 hours of sleep but I didn't care. I just want to go out and do my run. Climb those hills and become stronger. I focused on my form. Making sure I am running tall. It felt great. It felt exceptionally great when I know my sis is supportive.

I selected a valley to do my hill training. From one end to another is about 500 m. I ran 5 laps. That's about 5 km. I have no idea the grade level. One side of the valley is steeper than the other side. I focus on my HR and my form. My HR ranged from 150-170.

Not too bad. The left knee was feeling uncomfortable at the tend. My left ankle didn't have that lagging pain from Wed's long run. I also notice in the past few days, my left hamstring was a bit sore. Could the hamstring soreness has to do with my left knee and left ankle problem? Today is much better. I ain't doing any running by Wed. It should be fine by then.

This morning woke up early and hit the pool. Spent the first 20-30 min doing leg drills and IT drills. Spent the rest of the time doing 250 with 1 min rest. I did 4 sets before I call it a day. I enjoy swimming in the morning better. There are less people to contend the lanes with.

Will be doing some weights and yoga tonight.