Life Skills Development
It’s been pouring rain in Vancouver for a good week now nonstop…not a bad time to start a new job!
I have been studying the ins and outs of training now for about 3 years, since I got into the sport. I think a large part of my success so far (how fast I’ve gotten good and how I’ve remained pretty much injury free) has been because I’ve been able to read all of the information out there and really filter out all of the good stuff.
What the good stuff is telling me is that real Ironman training begins 20 weeks out from race day. I’ve seen a couple of people extolling the virtues of this, one of them being Mark Allen, so I’m pretty sure it’s good advice.
20 weeks out from Ironman Canada this year is the week beginning April 8th, so that is the day that my real work begins.
Anyway, I figured that now would be a good time to get into a new job since hours at my current job are going to be cut pretty heavily come May. What this means is that right now training has pretty much come to a halt. I’m training at one job during the day and working another at night. I’ve got about 20 minutes to myself during the day, 19 of which is spent preparing and eating food (never gonna give that up!).
So, until April 2nd, there will be very little running, riding, or swimming of any sort. It really hurts since I love doing those things so much. I’m coming off a month of highs, placing 2nd in my AG at the UBC Duathlon on March 12th, then coming in a respectable 49th out of 500 people at a St. Patrick’s Day 5k, so the fear of losing some of that gained fitness is making me a little nervous.
That said, I’ve taken more time off before and not felt bad coming back, and the mental time off is something I’m going to miss once heavy training begins, so I’m sure it’s all for the best.
Oh, and having a job to pay for this ridiculously expensive sport is probably a good idea too.
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