Training

Training. The only thing that is going to make event even remotely enjoyable. The big question you have to ask yourself is how much you want to suffer. In the end I truly believe that you are going to suffer greatly whether you train really hard for this event or not. The only control that you have over that is in determining whether you want to suffer a lot over 6 to 9 months so you don’t suffer as much on race day, OR, do you want to suffer a little before race day and suffer severely on race day and not finish. I personally choose to suffer as much as I can in advance. That being said I am using a 36 week training plan I snagged off of trifuel.com. The important thing for me is understanding my training plan so that when I have completed the training and I am at the start in Kona, that I feel confident about what I am about to do. I also track my training on a spreadsheet that shows actual completed mileage and how that compares to goal mileage. The biggest worry I have at this early stage in the game is over doing it and getting hurt or over doing it and getting burnt out. It is so easy to be gung ho at this early stage of the game but I have to keep in mind that I need to maintain this effort for another 4.5 months and I should try to keep on an even keel, mentally and physically.