An 80 Year Old's Journey Toward Ironman Waco 70.3 Oct 6th - Day 5

 Not a bad day. Did the "Bad Boy" workout with weights, push-ups, planks and a long list of other exercises. It takes a little over an hour but I don't count it toward the total hours of training for the week. I did a 2 hour plus indoor trainer ride and got intense with it toward the end. Yeah, I feel good about it. 

Cannot help but wonder how I will bear up when training ramps up a notch.  This will probably be my best week of the year, but this has been quite the year of setbacks.  Storms, floods, flooded in, COVID, the flu, a tree fell on the house, outdoor plumbing tore up, the air conditioning went out, our well quit and the brakes started screaming like the wheels were coming apart. Nothing has happened in the last few days.  We will see.

I have thought about it, but I am surprised I have not pulled the plug and given up yet.  It would be very easy.  Who would really know or care except my wife.  She thinks I can do it.  Silly girl, seems to see me larger than life.  I guess a goal would be to become the person she thinks I am.

An 80 Year Old's Journey Toward Ironman Waco 70.3 Oct 6th - Day 4

 Another good day.  Did a sweaty run this morning and an indoor bike ride this afternoon.  I did a flex session this morning as well.    

For the life of me, I just can't see how this is going to work.  Divine intervention is all I can hope for and maybe God wants me to get to this stand of reality so He can use me.  I don't pretend to know God's plans and will resign myself to letting  Him make mine.  

It still doesn't seem like training, I guess because I don't have a plan.  I am doing t he work but I don't have a plan.  I feel vulnerable.  I guess that might me cause for some of fear in the world.  It would seem most don't have a plan.  We just go about eating, drinking, and procreating like cattle on a pasture.  Maybe the best cure for fear and wantonness is to give it to God?  Maybe I am the broken enough point to do that.  I'll pray about this.  There!  See I already have a plan  

An 80 Year Old's Journey Toward Ironman Waco 70.3 Oct 6th - Day 2

 Lots of other things going on.  Life happens.  But, I did get the "Bad Boy" done.  "Bad Boy" is what I call  my hardest and longest strength and flexibility session - about an hour nonstop.  Later that day did a 2 hr and 10 minute ride on my indoor trainer. It wasn't a high-five day but I feel satisfied with it considering everything.

Somehow I feel this is an uphill battle.  I look forward to the day when I feel the rhythm of training again like I did for Ironman Texas in 2017  I need some outdoor rides and longer runs.  I wrote I would try to put something out daily.  It' late.  I am tired.   God bless 

Beginning - The Journey Toward Ironman Waco 70.3 Oct 6th

 

Here's the plan.  Ironman Waco 70.3, October 6, 2024.  

I am going for it. It is going to be a tall order for an 80 year old, with a bum left knee.  It is my plan to try to post daily on this effort, regardless how boring, repetitious, and uninteresting as the training day might have been.  

The vision of this won't let me loose so I am taking this as far as I can.   Every  training day completed will be a gift from God.  I will take these days on and go as far as I can with it.  If I make it all the way for the event  - major miracle - I will be over the moon. But in this heat and humidity, whatever journey I can accomplish will be a blessing.  

I have added all this up and it doesn't look good but I  have to try.  It has been a few years since I tried anything that could inflict severe pain and defeat upon me.  I feel the calling to the quest, no matter how far I make on that  journey.   

I know.  I am too old for this.  But what do I have to lose at 80 years old anyway.    It will be hard.  It's hard already and I can either "cry in the storm or dance in the rain."  Never been a good dancer but I'm training for it.

Today's Training  

 I did my strength/flex session and ran for 52 minutes.  (goal 3 hours 30 minutes). 

Will do an indoor bike session for an hour (goal 4  hours)  

I swam essentially race distance yesterday.