It didn't go to well with the Dr. yesterday. Frankly my expectations were a bit higher. I did not quite understand what he explained but in the end he changed one of the pills and elimitated another one so in the end it is still 4 pills. I will try it his way for a little while, he is a good Dr. and I know he wants to keep me safe, but deep down this will not get in the way regardless. I truly hope I can get these pills behind me as I loose the weight and get into better condition, if not, well then lets just say that he won't see much of me untill after the Ironman.
I did my bike workout last night. It was pretty uneventfull except that I planned on 45 minutes but I steped off at 30 minutes. I did not step off because I was quiting the workout, the truth was that my "butt" was killing me. I don't like the trainer I like to actually ride. But that is not always possible. The trainer does not allow me to move arround so all weight is at the same points all the time and it hurts after a short while. Lets keep in mind that sacrifice does not mean injury. I felt as if I did not get off I would injur myself and that is not smart at this point. On the other hand my back feels fine on the trainer contrary to the road where at 45 minutes it starts to bother me. Again more weight consecuences. However after a few minutes rest I got back on the bike and finished the 45 minutes although those last 15 munutes were very sloopy.
Today is a rest day and I plan to meet with coach K to better define my training, setup the system and touch base on some of the things for the kids. It will be a long weekend. Saturday we have a long run, sunday we have a long bike and monday open water swim. One at a time. I think my plan will be to run/walk for an hour. I have to get the mentality that forward progress is forward progress. I am going to try and walk for 10 minutes, run 1 mile at 14 min/mile, walk 10 minutes, run 1 mile at 14 min/mile, and then walk the rest of the hour. If I can do that I would be thrilled. Regardless of the outcome I plan to move ahead for 1 hour as quickly as I can. For sunday they have a 2 hour bike ride. My plan is to ride to the Dorado gas station and back. It will be around 30 miles which will be my longest ride ever. However it is almost 1/4 of the distance for the Ironman. I know it does not mean at all that I can do a 1/4 Ironman or even close, but it means a little step forward. It means I am up to 30 miles on the bike and that leaves me with only 110.6 miles to go. Monday's open water dosen't scare me I am actually looking forward to it. Out of the pool for the first time will test new things. I will have to control my breathing and make sure I don't get over excited, but it will also give me a test of the how the real thing will be like. Like I said I am not worried about it.
To conclude, I have continued to recieve massive support from family and friends. I've felt this support before and it does make all the diffrence in the world. I recieved a letter from my Mother yesterday. I am not ready to discuss this letter yet and to be honest maybee I'll discuss it and maybee I won't but I am pretty sure that if I do it will be after the Ironman. However I will say that she has dealt with many of my crazy, incredible, and many times stupid ideas before. Many of them she has stopped, many she has ignored, and many others she has probably suffered while I carrried them out. This time is diffrent because regardless of how crazy, incredible or stupid this idea is she suppots me 100% and that means tons. Some people are going to support the cause I am doing this for, some will support me, some will support my family, at the end it doesn't matter who supports you, the important thing is that I feel it, I need it and I thank you for it.
P.S. Talking about support I think by now many are thinking about my wife and my kids. Well I can tell you that my kids are thrilled and ejoying this very much. However I will only say that Julissa is my biggest and most faithfull supporter. This Ironman is as much about her as it is about me but at the moment I am not ready to talk about her. Julissa, I will talk about, that is for sure. Perhaps for those of you impatient enough, I encourage you to do some reaserch on the history, values and meaning of the Ironman. I personally think that you could try to understand it but my respect for the people that have done it comes precisely from understanding it but not knowing what it really means. You only know what the true meaning is when they call your name and you cross the finish line. However I can asure you that Julissa not only understands it, but she also knows its meaning even if she has never completed an Ironman. I promiss you she knows.
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