A Brain Full...

As I sit here writing this novel post, I am once again faced with a serious realization. With triathlon comes a season of piled up laundry, more papers than usual strung out all over the place, packed schedules, frustration that there is not enough time, and focus. Or the amazing adventure of trying to find focus. There is never enough time. I must accept that fact and get on to prioritizing it. There is rarely enough focus, and that too must be prioritized.

Wow, I have so much to say.....and I should be doing laundry, picking up the house, packing, cleaning, organizing, and doing crossfit. I will beat myself up all season over this.

But since I'm here (which is amazingly hard to sit down for any extended period of time), I might as well let it all out.

I am on day #3 of the Master Cleanse. Pete Alfino of Mile High Multisport is coaching me in nutrition and a list of other things we have yet to get to. He suggested the cleanse and then start Paleo diet-type eating. I met Pete through a coworker (YAY DUANE!) and spent the day with him at Ironman Arizona 2008. I instantly knew he was right for me, when it comes to issues of discipline and focus. Oh wait, that's everything, right?! Pete is tough and I admire that greatly. So I went to Pete and told him I need him to yell at me. He hasn't had to yell at me yet but I'm sure the time will come. I know about eating right, to lose weight, for training, etc. My problem is that I don't know how to hold myself accountable....well, I know how, I just haven't figured out how to do it consistently. It's easiest and most successful for me to have someone to be accountable to. Pete is the no-bullshit person for the job!

Back to the cleanse----oh yes. End of day three. I've lost 3.5 pounds. I'm not screaming over the weight loss as I've read it comes back. But it's good to get the toxins and crao (literally) out of your system. Bad for metabolism, though. It's a good sacrifice, I think. Today I walked outside near some restaurants and it was like smelling food for the first time. AMAZING! My sense of smell seems to be refreshed. Maybe my allergies are better?? I'm still really phlemgy, though.

I'm doing Sunday through Saturday this time. Thursday and Friday I am traveling to Salt Lake for work, and am carting my cleanse stuff. Sunday I leave for Vegas for a week and I don't want to cart my shit there. :) I don't think I really want to test my willpower in vegas anyway. BUT, as soon as I off the cleanse I start Paleo, so that will keep me from overindulging in Vegas. As much as that sucks, it's awesome.

Training. All of my training has consisted of Crossfit, which is really intsense. I know it's helped me. I still feel guilty that I haven't done "TRI' specific training, though. My marathon plan starts February 9th. Until then I am supposed to take it "easy"....easy running, nothing crazy. On my cross training days I will be doing tri-specific workouts.

The gym by my house. Seriously, can all of the resolution people who are going to quit working out, PLEASE DO IT NOW? I went the gym down the street to run tonight at 8pm and it was FULL. So I biked and then ran for a little bit. My left quad was really tight and twingy, so I stopped and got off and stretched. That was really nice.

Ok, I have to go now.....