1) I got the go-ahead to sign up for IMTX. but I haven't signed up yet. I'm not sure if that makes me smart, scared, cheap, realistic or just a procrastinator. I'm leaning towards all of the above really. I wish I could wait until about March, to see how my training is feeling, but that's not an option as the race is nearly sold out. I'm concerned about trying to bike through the winter here in the north, plus I'm a little worried about trying to race in the the Texas heat after having trained in the northern cold. In the end, however, I just need to STFU and decide. Personal deadline, January 5th.
2) Form vs. Repetition. There's a gym in my building and I walk by it on my way to lunch nearly everyday. Today I saw a guy knocking out dips at an incredible rate. The thing was, his elbows were not coming anywhere near 90 degrees. Now, I'm not Mr. Universe or anything, but even I could see that his form was crazy wrong. I was immediately reminded of my swimming form. I'm sure swimmers walk into the pool area, take one look at my swim form and have the same gag reflex that I had today watching dips guy. The only thing in my favor is that my swim form starts out half decent and degrades over the course of my workout where dips guy's form was bad from the start. I win.
3) I've not purchased even one Christmas gift yet this year and I don't think I'm going to. It's not that I'm all scrooge or anything, I'm just not into it. Don't get me wrong, we (Cath and I) have been good Americans who spent a bundle getting ready for Christmas. We've installed new light fixtures and we built a built-in bench in the dining room. Plus we bought and installed new cabinets in the living room and a picture rail. Actually we've done so much work on the house I'm waiting for the "were moving" discussion to pop-up. But seriously, not one present, for anyone: wife, kids, grand-kids, mother, etc. What's wrong with me? I guess I'm just demonstrating the Christmas spirit via actions instead of gifts. That's not too wrong, is it?
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