Except me! I'm not so much about in it to win it as I'm in it to finish it.
Julius Caesar, like so many other triathletes throughout history, had a choice: Leave his legion and retire into the background, or swim his legion across the Rubicon and show Rome he was too young to retire. I'm telling you, after seven years of fighting the Gauls, I would've been content to take it easy. Of course prosecution was likely waiting Caesar if he didn't show up in Rome with an army, but that's another matter.
I recognize that I could train harder, and I have a lot of excuses as to why I don't. Chief among them-I'm too lazy. This morning I was supposed to swim. Instead I slept until seven. Saturday I was out on a ride and I see that my average heart rate was 142 bpm. I normally hover around 168 when I'm running, so I probably could've pushed it a little more on the bike, but what the hey!
However, it's time to get a little more serious. There's a 70.3 in September that I'm signed up for. I have yet to develop all my goals for that race, but I know what the first two will be:
1. Don't die
2. Finish
Actually I would love to finish in the top half of my age group, but that'll be quite a challenge. (If Caesar had said that we probably wouldn't have the word "Caesar", or Caesar Salad, or Little Caesar's).
Anyway, since I was lazy this morning, I did hit the weights tonight. Squats and deadlifts. Tomorrow I'll run and bench press. There, I said it, now I have to do it. Veni, Vedi, Vici!
Pics from the ride along highway 54 between Collins and El Dorado Springs, MO:
Julius Caesar, like so many other triathletes throughout history, had a choice: Leave his legion and retire into the background, or swim his legion across the Rubicon and show Rome he was too young to retire. I'm telling you, after seven years of fighting the Gauls, I would've been content to take it easy. Of course prosecution was likely waiting Caesar if he didn't show up in Rome with an army, but that's another matter.
I recognize that I could train harder, and I have a lot of excuses as to why I don't. Chief among them-I'm too lazy. This morning I was supposed to swim. Instead I slept until seven. Saturday I was out on a ride and I see that my average heart rate was 142 bpm. I normally hover around 168 when I'm running, so I probably could've pushed it a little more on the bike, but what the hey!
However, it's time to get a little more serious. There's a 70.3 in September that I'm signed up for. I have yet to develop all my goals for that race, but I know what the first two will be:
1. Don't die
2. Finish
Actually I would love to finish in the top half of my age group, but that'll be quite a challenge. (If Caesar had said that we probably wouldn't have the word "Caesar", or Caesar Salad, or Little Caesar's).
Anyway, since I was lazy this morning, I did hit the weights tonight. Squats and deadlifts. Tomorrow I'll run and bench press. There, I said it, now I have to do it. Veni, Vedi, Vici!
Pics from the ride along highway 54 between Collins and El Dorado Springs, MO:
You can do it! I love the pics. Makes me home sick for Eastern Kansas! I guess I should get back home and visit the family!
ReplyDeleteHey Ken, thanks for stopping by my blog and for the comment. Thanks also for your service. Good luck with the September tri.
ReplyDeleteEastern KS? I grew up in Overland Park and then lived in Louisburg for awhile.
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