Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Quote of the day

If you can drive there, you can bike there.
If you can bike there, you can run there...

Made this one up myself :). Every now and then my sis will tuant me, "why take the car when you can run there..."...hmm don't tempt me :)

I have been re-reading Gordo's and other's articles on Ironman training. I reflected on what I did well last season (through half educate guess and half fluke) and things I need to work on. To say the least, I am very happy with last season. I have trained close to Ironman volume and have learnt a great deal on training itself. I did not have any *major* injury and completed HIM as planned.

The perspective that guide me last year will need to be modify as I become more in tune to my body and how it responded to stress (phyiscal, mental and emotional). More on that later....

Ironman Florida is this Sat. Quite excited. Even though I am not part of it, there are a number of tri bloggers participating this race. A large number of them are first timers too.

I put their bib number beside their name so I can track them on Ironmanlive.com on race day :)
Good luck guys. It will be a fulfill day under the sun.

I hope I didn't forget anyone.

Nancy Toby (2484) - Juggle taking care of twins and train at the same time. Impressive.

Bolder in Boulder (1269, Thanks Wendy!) - my long lost Canadian brother...I can't wait for him to come back to homeland when we can meet up :)

Ironm4n (2384) - Another Canadian brother..err i mean Sister :). She is doing IMUSA next year with me.

TriDaddy (774) - His last comment in regard to my post on Excellence rings true. I can talk the talk. Now I must walk the talk.

TriGeekKhuna (1576) - Funniest podcast with IronWil. Kept me laughing during those cold long runs.

Ellie (2526) - Isn't Ironman for 20 something fit athlete like me? Ok..i am neither fit or an athlete. Ellie prove what a grandmother can do :)

Commodore (758) - The only guy I know who stop on a boat and drink a can of beer during a long swim. I envy him.

Trimama (2297) - Her delightful post of her journey with her tribe..unforgettable.

Triboomer (1544) - He raised money to fight cancer..next season I will do the same. Thanks for reminding me I won a small battle against cancer and it hasn't been defeated yet :)

ShirleyPerly - Find her blog through raceAthlete.com. Good and delightful post about training her first IM.

5 comments:

Habeela said...

ooh! Can't wait to hear what your thoughts are on how your body reacts to stress. I've been thinking about this a lot lately as well - it's just inevitable when you're anticipating the possible struggles of the upcoming season I guess.

Unknown said...

Cliff Bolder is 1269!

Anonymous said...

Wow, you're tracking a lot of people. This should keep you busy for most of the race.

D said...

Wow Cliff - you are multi-talented - now you are creating memorable quotes....

Thanks for the heads up on the Ironman Triathletes!

Rae said...

Thanks for the list of IMers!! I hope they all do great, I can't even begin to imagine!!!!