0.11 and climbing...

week two of eighteen is in the books:

4250 yards swimming

47 miles on the bike

22 miles on foot

Totals =

8550 yards swimming

112 miles on the bike

43 miles on foot

everyday day i cross off in the training guide each workout.  i have read the plan over and over, but today it seemed to be longer somehow.  felt like it has grown, instead of eighteen weeks, maybe twenty.  so i closed it.

minutes later i opened the binder again and read over what i have done.  i thought about the last two weeks and everything that has transpired.  sometimes when you are climbing a mountain, you are so focused on the peak, that you forget to look behind yourself, to see how far you have already gone.  fear takes over, claiming that you won't make it to the top.  stop, look back down the mountain to see how far you've already come.

in two weeks; i have shaved 8 minutes off of my 1000 yard swimming lap time, was fitted for my new ride, hired a swimming/triathlon coach, received much needed advice from a nutritionist, been completely exhausted but wanting more, lost a pound (thought it would be more), and saw that my name was added to the 'participant list' on www.ironmansyracuse.com. 

i am only two weeks into this.  can't wait to see how long that list will be.

every step forward puts you closer to the top