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The downside to the current weather is that the majority of my training has been happening indoors.\u00a0 This is good because I can keep current on a lot of tv shows, but it’s bad because indoor training requires less thinking, especially on the bike trainer.<\/p>\n

Of course, the big thing on my mind right now is my 70.3 race.\u00a0 Nevermind that I have a number of races before then.\u00a0 That’s the big one for 2016, so I keep thinking about it.\u00a0 My big concern, as per usual, is the time limit.\u00a0 So I find myself entering potential times into race calculators to figure out what I have to do to be able to finish.\u00a0 And I set up all sorts of scenarios for myself.<\/p>\n

“Okay, it’s a fast swim, but let’s say that I have a slow swim.\u00a0 And what if I’m so tired by the end that I just walk the half marathon?\u00a0 How long do I have to finish the bike?”<\/p>\n

“What if I don’t hit my goal bike pace?\u00a0 How fast do I have to run?”<\/p>\n

“What if I take five extra minutes in transition?”<\/p>\n

It gets a little bit ridiculous.\u00a0 A big part of it is that I know that my biking is where I have the most room to improve.\u00a0 And I have a new bike this year, and 10 pounds less (so far) to haul around on that bike.\u00a0 So theoretically, I should be faster even without the increased training.\u00a0 But I want to be fast.\u00a0 I want to get to the run knowing that no matter what happens, as long as I keep moving forward, I will hit the finish before my time is up.<\/p>\n

Really, I should just stop worrying and focus on the training.\u00a0 I can only get better, and my olympic races this year will give me a good idea of how my big race will go.\u00a0 After all, it’s over 230 days away.\u00a0 Plenty of time to train.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The downside to the current weather is that the majority of my training has been happening indoors.\u00a0 This is good because I can keep current on a lot of tv shows, but it’s bad because indoor training requires less thinking, especially on the bike trainer. 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