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| Surprising our Kids on Christmas Morning with a Road trip to Disneyland was the way we Celebrated our 20 year wedding Anniversary. Here we are headed into the Magic Kingdom. |
I forced my self to relax. Chill. Eat like "a Dad" (a little), stay up late, drink coffee at 6 pm, sleep in, read, play.... it was a freaking blast. It's been....Y E A R S, and my family and I.... (did I say my family) loved it. Despite my self proclaimed ability to minimize the impact of maximal training on my family, life, work, whatever..it's amazing how easy it is to breath when not training. It was hard though at times, and, I had the team tell me "to chill" more than once. It was glorious, I loved it. Did I say I loved it? Christmas ruled-It always does...Celebrating the Birth of Jesus Christ. Man.... Love Christmas.
I had so many other great things happen over the "re-charge" and I could feel the effects of eighteen solid months of training. Four IM's, navigating sickness, whatever....it adds up. "Yeah...but six weeks???" It's what I had to do, and loosing some fitness never felt so good.
After Cozumel I had the normal 10 day high post Ironman, despite the disappointing result, and then I hit the down slope. Weeks 2-4 I felt pretty cruddy. I did actually swim once and started some light work-but, stepped back and told myself-aaaahhhhhgain... "I need this block of rest, I will thank myself after-just chill"...and, as I write this I feel good. There are many schools of thought about "rest periods". I think easy recovery sessions are the norm and for me this is my usual practice. But this past block has to be different for me. I needed more time totally off-it worked. I feel ready.
I'll spend January getting back into a rhythm and enjoy the discomfort of scheduling. The first part of the training season I'll visit the basics, and, it'll be nice to address areas I know need attention. As always I have things I can work on. Next blog I'll share a bit more detail on where my focus is at and how my 2013 race schedule is coming along.
I want to mention a cool thing that happened over Christmas break.....
My family was able to visit some friends in Southern California and it was Awesome. Jason and Gregory...It was so cool to meet you and your families. What a blessing to be able to hang for a bit and just laugh together. Jason...one thing I'll be working on this season along with swim stroke, foot strike, and transition times is......getting taller.
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| Something amazing about meeting people who Love Christ. So happy to have these guys as friends. |
More very soon.....
