Training...

The motivation has been low these last few days. Hard to get to the pool and fit those workouts in.

I have been thinking about fundraising for the event. Janus has a program for athletes to raise funds for their favorite charity. Janus will contribute to the charities of the top 50 fundraisers http://www.januscharitychallenge.com/site/pp.aspx?c=egLOIYOGKtF&b=591467

The week-ends have me doing my long bike on Saturday and long run on Sunday. I am considering revising that since my absence isn't going over too well at home. In using the Mark Allen training program the focus is on time within certain heart rate limits for each workout. SO far my not so fast 9 minute mile running pace has been slowed to an even more impressive 12 minute mile pace. I'm supposed to give it time to improve but it is a bit frustrating to be going slower instead of faster.

I do feel I have more direction with my training than I did before when left to my own devices.