February 25 – March 3

I could not find a color that would show the quote from John Collins. So this is what it says:

You can quit if you want, and nobody will care. But you will know for the rest of your life.

I love it! For most of us weekend warriors, there is no real payoff other than doing things we love and the bragging rights. Probably plenty of people would appreciate it if we stopped talking about our running/ biking/ swimming 😉. But the truth is: we know if we gave up or totally phoned it in. And believe me, if you haven’t been putting your hours in honestly in the training, you will feel it, especially in the later miles of your training. So we have to show up every day. If you need somebody to do it for: think of your kids (or future kids). They may want to brag about Mommy/Daddy one day or play with your medals 😉. There is also my favorite benefit: my daughter tires out faster than me, even at a playground.

I think that my rest day on Sunday merits a comment: I took my daughter to the pool. We raced on kick boards 4 lengths of the pool. I would love to say that winning was easy 😜. On short distances, her kick is pretty good! She still needs to work on her form. For now, my little one moves like a snake through the water! It was fun. Her favorite thing is just ‘doing tricks’, so I took advantage and practiced my kicking while holding onto the wall. I guess it wasn’t formal training, so it didn’t make it to the schedule. But I did it for over 10 minutes and I can honestly say that it was a good workout. I spent that time on focusing on the form. I happen to know that kicking is my weakness while swimming. My daughter said she wants to race me on the kick board every other weekend. Challenge accepted! I will get my kicking stronger!

Stay strong and keep going!