While checking facebook yesterday this came up on the side view "Ironman athletes eat marathons for breakfast". I thought it amusing but I know from the run last week a marathon isn't anything to joke about it and requires a very special person to train and complete them well. My neighbour is one of those fellows. He has qualified and completed 25 Boston marathons. To qualify once, in my opinion, is amazing, but to qualify 25 times is wild. This feat has placed him in an elite club which I believe is called the Quarter Century Club. Once in awhile we cross paths as he is starting or ending his run. I wish him well this year in his 26th Boston Marathon. An amazing athlete.
When I think about it a triathlete is a runner or cyclist or swimmer who seriously cross trains in the other disciplines. For me being a triathlete is very beneficial for my health. I won't down play running - it is darn hard. To some it comes easy but to me of the three it is not my favourite. When I first started running I loved it but then biking became my love. It seems my body is made for the bike and I know as I continue to train it will become made for swimming but running might always be a challenge. With that said I must say my attitude has changed after running with Lisa last week. If I can keep running rather than plodding I might learn to love running again and it might not be as painful. My friend Jeff mentioned in one of his blogs that we should try to keep our childhood enthusiasm when we are out their training. So next time I'm not running I'm just playing hide and seek with my friends or baseball.
April Fool's Day brings a new training schedule with reduced running mileage but increases swimming mileage. The challenges of March are behind me and here's to taking everything I learned and applying it to April.
Have a wonderful day !
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