1 week to go (as my phone likes to autocorrect: holy shallot)
Swim: 2 workouts, 2hr 23min, 6100m
Bike: 3 workouts, 4hr 1min, Saturday ride - 27miles (elev. gain 482 ft.)
Run: 3 workouts, 1hr 37min, 9.18miles
Strength: 1 workout, 15min
Total: 8hr 16min
Challenges:
Staying focused. It's to that point where I just want to be DONE already, and motivating myself to go get in my scheduled workouts (paltry though they may seem compared to weeks past) has been tough.
Accomplishments:
Actually DID get in all my workouts...except for one. I missed my swim on Friday, but that was because I had 11 vials of blood taken that morning and afternoon and wasn't really feeling very awesome.
Surprises:
Pretty terrible ones, actually. That brain MRI I had last week? The results were decidedly not good - and in a way that was not at all related to my little case of shingles back in April (which was the reason the MRI was ordered). Surprise. No definitive answers yet (waiting for the slew of blood test results), and I don't want to get into all the possible horrible things it could be, so let's just leave it at that for now. I say this with no trace of sarcasm or lighthearted humor: please pray for my brain.
Bonus:
Going for a 1.5-2 hour easy bike ride with a big group of friends on Saturday morning was such a breath of fresh air! It was so nice to just ride with people and chat and enjoy a ride instead of just survive a ride. I hope that's what the rest of the summer has in store for me.
This essentially brings me to the end of Ironman training. I have two light workouts scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, and a quick swim and ride on Friday. And that's it. At 7:00am on Sunday morning, I will wade into Lake Coeur d'Alene and start my 140.6-mile journey to becoming an Ironman.
My goal is pretty simple: finish with a smile on my face. I want to enjoy my day as much as possible. A race report I read awhile back referred to the race itself as a 140.6-mile victory lap after surviving all of that training; I like that attitude, and that is how I plan to approach it. All I can really do is deal with the day I am given, give it my all in return, and hope that both of those things result in me hearing the 4 little words I've been working toward since I signed up for IMCDA one year ago... Wish me luck!
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Praying for complete healing for your brain, friend. Email me anytime... been going through my own health crap the last few months (complete with tons of blood work and an MRI as well! Look we're health issue buddies!). Hugs.
Thank you, Jo. Please keep praying. I have been praying for you, too, and I have to believe God is going to do something big through all of this. Hugs!
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