Final Countdown

It has been six months since I stood in line at the Olympic Speed Skating Oval in Lake Placid, NY. I was so nervous that morning! And I have six months to go until I'm back in that Oval, changing out of my wetsuit & racing off to bike 112 miles. I have no idea what's going to happen that day, and I hope that from now until then, I do give 100% in my training, and 110% on race day.

The most valuable thing I have learned since starting this - is that, if you put your mind to it, you can do anything you want. I honest to God, never thought I'd get registered for one of these events. But once I made up my mind to do it, and took it piece by piece, it wasn't too bad. It actually made me re-elvaluate other things in my life. Are there things in my life currently that I wanted to change, but hadn't because the task seemed too hard?

I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm scared shitless. And there's a hell of a lot of work to be done. And I know I'm going to be in pain, and be tired, and will want to quit at some points. And I do worry... I worry about over training, not training enough, training incorrectly, disappointing people. But I suppose the best cure for that is to just go for run or ride, or swim :)