Move4word with Coach K

In an interview after winning the Dallas Marathon this weekend, Dr. Logan Sherman said it took him 15 years to get to this point...15 years!!!  Courtesy of Dallas Morning News Website Meb Keflezighi came to this country in 1987 with nothing and spoke no English. Worked HARD, graduated UCLA and 15 years later won the 2014 Boston Marathon.  Meb Kelflezighi and Coach K NBMA Dallas Summit 15 years of work they kept at it! There are people who want to give up after 15 minutes of trying because something is too hard.  Think about it... Meb Keflezighi will tell you none of his successes came easy. His determination and faith got him through his challenges but he kept moving forward.  Dr Logan Sherman said "I want kids to look at this today and come out here in years to come and this be their goal," he said. "It might take them 15 years to do it but they'll do it." So no matter how long it takes and if you want it bad enough do what ...

I over think my swim so my stroke is tense and breathing is clumsy and erratic, which makes for a horrible swim.  In the endless pool this morning I caught myself over thinking, I finally paused and said if my coach is not correcting me (she is the expert) why am I correcting me.  She will tell me what I need to do.  Once that sunk in my swim, at least this morning, felt better!.

 People will always give advice on how you should swim but remember they may not be training for triathlons and their advice will be specific for THEIR training or routine.  I received plenty of advice last night that did not line up with my drills training so I thanked them and kept doing what my coach wants me to do.

I created this blog for me to express and encourage others in their journey.  I have fallen short of doing that . I look back at the last posting of my blog and I am like OH MY GOODNESS!  It has been far to long.  So it is time for me to get back, back to writing and not worry about the how it looks.  I was thinking to myself this morning how I had lost my focus on life.  I am doing so much and I do not feel as if I am getting anywhere...like I am in a continual cycle.  Well it is time to start focusing on faith, family, friends, and fun.   I will start to document my athletic journey the good the bad the ugly and the unglued.  Yep the unglued!!!! I will start to document my attempts to get faster, stronger and healthier.  I have few goals and some of them seem lofty...uhhhh like Ironman Competition.  Yep I said it I want to do it but only in Gods time.  I have a lot of steps I have to climb before I am somewhat mentally prepare...

Today I ran Wounded Warrior half as a blind training run. I did not pay attention to my Garmin the entire time. I turned it upside down and ran. I was treating this as a LSD run, I wanted to see what I could by "feel" (if that makes sense). I wanted to see what felt right and if I could hit my training LSD pace by the way I felt. I just ran. There were no jack rabbit moments, just running and it felt nice. My chest did not hurt I did not feel as if I was red lining. My heart rate stayed where I wanted it.  When I reviewed my Garmin my training pace was right on! This is how I know that I am doing the right thing when I train. Thee were not any major fluctuations in pace. There was the point where I had to slow down was were the trail got really dicey and then I picked it right back up.  Last year time was 9 mins slower then today and I was racing then! LOL Funny how my old race pace is now my LSD training pace and I felt so much better this time around. Sub 2 here I come!! So...

Abs are meant to be lean 2013! This is a 3 week progression. I can do better I really have been slacking on my nutrition and water. When I takey next picture My abs may not be as pronounced because I have been lazy. We all are lazy at times but the point is you recognize that and keep stepping. So back to our Feb abs challenge!