It's been brought to my attention that this blog has been ignored for about 2 months.
That hasn't happened in a very, very long time.
I guess it's because I'm doing a lot less talking this year, and a lot more doing.
I cannot deny that something is different this year.
My body is tougher post-Quintuple.
It's as though I found a new pain reference, and it increased my tolerance exponentially.
My mind has also transformed, and not just in reference to pain tolerance. I've spent the better part of the last 5 years analyzing what path my life was taking. Now, I'm accepting and embracing that this IS my life. It's who I want to be, even if it doesn't exactly pay the bills yet. For now, I am just going to target the hardest races in the world, do them, and what happens, happens.
So yeah, been training hard, and trying to figure out ultimately just how far I can take this... and how I can make that financially happen.
I'm at a point right now where my body can take anything I give it. I've done more long bike rides pushing big wattage than I can count already, and my running is very solid.
Swimming I haven't focused on yet, but my upper body is developing just fine from my job lifting boxes up and down all day. I am not concerned about the swim.
Next weekend, I will do a Double Iron, alone. I'll have some family and friends there throughout the weekend, but will largely be solo for 4.8 miles of swimming, 224 miles of biking, and 52 miles of running. Come on out: I should be on Pleasant Pond Road from about noon on Saturday through Sunday Morning.
It'll be an appropriate test for things to come later this year, for sure.
Thanks for tuning in!
Kale
