My running has had a tough go this winter. December I was not interested enough to brave the frigid temperatures. January I started to play a little hockey again in preperation for my Moose Jaw Warrior Alumni game at the end of January. Unfortunately, in the home stretch I damaged my meniscus which then killed my February running, YIKES!! I am back at it now but needless to say things feel a little rough.

Read more: The Answer is Always"Back to the Basics"

I have always been a student of Jack Daniels and Greg McMillan, two highly respected run coaches. In particular their high emphasis on tempo run training or threshold training, for intervals upwards of 15, maybe 20 minutes long. I loved it, and when looking at a triathletes schedule and limited to possibly 2 to 3 runs a week you got lots of bang for your buck. They were the toughest workouts I could do because of the duration of the interval and the pace, essentially one's 1 hour race pace. But while I was finding it tough to be mentally and physically ready for this level of workout on a regular basis i was also finding that everything i read in terms of training for runners, would always refer to tempo runs up to 60 minutes long. I would stress over this wondering how whimpy I was because  there's no way I could do this 1 hour race pace for an hour on a weekly or bi weekly schedule. The other problem was, what do you do when you have built up to your broken interval hour at tempo pace but race season still wasn't here yet.

Read more: Cool Your Jets

It has been enough years now that I don't get as worried as i used to if long periods start to go by with limited or no specific triathlon training.

Read more: When the Minds Ready the Body Will Go

Before you know it, you have eaten enough for 3 and drank enough for more then that and its going on day 5 or 6 or even 7. I think its tougher mentally then it really is physically.

Read more: It's Only a Week!

Sometimes one needs to see and feel their success before they can acheive success. To often athletes biggest obstacles are themselves, more specifically their minds. "Self Fulfilled Prophecies" , one can often manipulate things in order to cut themselves some slack on the attempt of their upcoming goals. 

Read more: A Focused Mind