All in all, today went well, I'm pretty sure tomorrow will be much lazier than either today or Monday, but that seems to be the story. I'll probably have to figure out some way to workout on Tuesday and Thursday evenings if I decide to keep up this schedule, but at least I'll be getting a minimum of around 15 miles a day on the bike, and interval work mostly if I can get my way, although that's kind of dangerous in traffic. I figure if I work hard in the right areas I can get away with not having as many workouts. So I figure I'll spend a minimum of 55 minutes on the bike a day, 30-50 minutes in the pool and those days when I have the lunch free I'll be able to get in 45-55 minutes running. Thats about 3 hours minimum, and on the longer days, it'll be 100 min commuting, 50 minutes spinning, 30-60 minutes in the pool and if I can drop in a jog with Solon that'd be good too for an extra 20-40 minutes. I guess at the max that would be about 4 hours. To go much beyond that I'd have to dip into either sleep or relationship time, and I don't want to do either of those.
I just finished listening to this amazing book called Ultramarathon man by some guy named Dean who runs 100+ mile events all year round, while being a good father, good husband and working 8-10 hours a day. Inspirational to say the least, and while I don't think I'll start doing the 4 hours of sleep a night routine, its message of perseverance and the ability of the mind and heart to conquer and push on the body beyond its conceivable limits strikes me as the way to approach life. All aspects of life. And I feel I've started making inroads into this mindset. I'm still far too lazy, but luckily I'm trying to nip that in the butt with increased workouts, a consistent wakeup time, and the willingness to push myself. I just need to push myself, and more and more and more. It can be done with the willpower, and focus is the key. The choice I make. now that my thoughts are becoming a little discombobulated I think I'll sign off and see what tomorrow brings.
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