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Dealing With the Unexpected
Posted by Active Belle on Mar 26, 2008 11:46:55 AM
Mar 27, 2008 5:53 PM
Gale Bernhardt
says:
Gale Bernhardt
says:
Belle ~
Stephen has some very sage advice. I really can't disagree with anything he wrote. I like the sentence "Whether you have to doggy paddle the swim, bike the course in your granny gear and walk the run... you can still call yourself a triathlete at the end."
He's right.
You can worry about personal best performances later, if that becomes your desire. Until then, do what you can, stay as consistent as possible and most of all...have fun.
Mar 28, 2008 9:28 AM
Active Belle
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Active Belle
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Thanks Guys! Stephen-your words are very inspiring and really hit home. When I started this I figured it would be easy to get back in a rhythm. I thought by the time I started the second training program I would be rolling right along. But it only got harder. It's been really difficult to try and stick to a schedule. Between living in two places, flying back and forth all the time, and all the little things that life throws at you, it has been harder than I thought.
I will try and keep calm even though I got panicked the other day and thought 'oh my gosh, I have to ride my bike to work every day this month if I am going to survive Wildflower.' My first priority is to be healthy and fit and I can't be either if I am injured.
I am concerned that my body is weak from fighting the hives though. I ran 30 minutes on the treadmill yesterday (first workout since I got the hives a week ago). I felt great at first and was feeling good about my fitness, however, towards the end I felt super dizzy. Then I felt down right sick for the next two hours. To top it off, these hives won't go away so my body is still fighting. I started another round of medicine today.
I guess I will do what I can--still do the workouts but take it easy. Although I am not sure about swimming quite yet. and even if I crawl across the finish, I am gonna hold you to the fact that you said I can still call myself a triathlete. 
Mar 28, 2008 1:42 PM
Gale Bernhardt
says
in response to Active Belle:
Gale Bernhardt
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in response to Active Belle:
Hey Belle ~
One more tidbit for you is that each training plan has some buffer built into it. All plans, even the 13 weeks to a 13-hour Ironman, have some buffer time built in so that if you miss some workouts - you'll still get through the event. So, do what you can and plan to take it easy on yourself now and on race day. Have a great weekend - no stressing, okay?
Belle is a little active but she wants to get more active. Follow her through videos and blogs as she works with help from Active Expert Gale Bernhardt to prepare for the wildflower triathlon next May.
Hmm... Seventh Generation you say...
I'm sorry to hear things are not going as planned. A lot of people don't realise how hard it is to even get to the workout consider complete the workout. It takes a long time to find a proper balance. It has taken myself almost 3 years to finally get consistent training in again. Life has a way of throwing curves balls your way. My biggest mistake came when I finally had time to train I would always try to "catch up" by jumping into workouts that were beyond my ability or adding an extra swim/bike or run a week. From experience I can say make sure you do not end up like I was last year, I had all the time in the world to train but couldn't as I was injured. Nothing more frustrating then staring out at a beautiful day and not being able to enjoy it.
On that note, I think you are still okay to keep moving forward. You haven't seen to have missed too much and usually it has been a case of replacing the workouts with some other exercise. Exercise is exercise, your heart can't tell the difference. I think it is important to keep patient and not push it too hard. I have a friend who was training for a half marathon and had a bad month of training so decided to make up for it by pushing extra hard leading into the final few weeks to make sure he would not blow up on race day... he never even made it there. A week before he hurt his knee so bad he could barely stand let alone run. That was over 8 months ago and he still isn't able to run over 10mins.
You will surprise yourself of what your body is able to do. When I raced my first triathlon I could swim 1500m, bike 40km and run 10km on their own. But never in a row. But I made it out alive with only an extremely sore butt (first time biking in a swimsuit - Hint:vaseline is your friend).
Whether you have to doggy paddle the swim, bike the course in your granny gear and walk the run... you can still call yourself a triathlete at the end.
Keep on truckin'