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I'm nervous, excited, worried and ready for the next 99 days. This year has taken on a different shape, a different focus and a different feel. Last year was a new adventure - the training was new, the distance was new, the exhaustion was new. This year I have experience and the knowledge that comes from that - but I have new obstacles (an injury), new distractions (bigger demands at work) and new expectations (faster goals). Last year I wanted to merely survive. This year I want to survive and advance.
They say one of the steps to achieving a goal is to say it out loud - so here goes:
I want to beat my time from last year by an hour. I want to finish in under 12 hours!
Does that sound as ridiculous to you as it does to me? Because that sounds ridiculous to me. Last year I finished in 13 hours (and two seconds). If I race a perfect race, this is what I want to do in 2014:
SWIM
1:03:00
That's a 1:30 pace without any tidal push.
BIKE
6:13:20
That's 18mph pace and it's 1mph faster than last year.
RUN
4:35:00
That's a 10:30/mile pace and it's over a minute faster than last year.
If my transitions are under 4:00 minutes, my overall race time would be:
OVERALL
11:59:48
Woo Hoo! That's cutting it close! Now it looks even crazier. I don't believe I can do it yet, but I'm putting the work in, I'm mentally preparing and I have faith. Here's to the next 99 days.
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