plans plans plans... years in advance

This will be a long one!


So much of my life is broken into little segments of how long it will take to get something done. My main problem with this is that i make lists. I will give myself 15 minutes to clean the bathroom every morning, 20 minutes for the kitchen, 15 minutes for the living room and then an hour to play with little one and watch Sesame Street with her. Then it's her nap time in which the routine starts again. How long will it take to get laundry done, make a grocery list, actually shop. My whole life is planned out in this way and when I get to the end of the day I feel like I have not accomplished one thing for myself. 


Starting training on monday will mess everything up, my whole routine, and I dont know how I will handle it. While my usual gym is just down the street, the gym with the pool is about 25 minutes across town. Living in Iowa this is FAR! This means that 50 minutes of my day that I could be spending with little one is being spent driving to swim and back home, plus the hour and a half spent actually in the gym. When the weather gets better it will not be nearly as bad. I can push Little One in the jogging stroller on my runs, pull her in the burley on my rides. GREAT training considering that when I go to the triathlon I will not be hauling 25 lbs with me the whole time like I am used to. But there's no way to include her on my swim and the drive time to get to and from there. 


So I decided that I want to get up at 5:30 daily, I will be to the gym by 6 work out for an hour and a half be home by 8 when Little One is Waking up. Problem solved, but I will need to be in bed by 9:30 every night. We will try it this week and see how it goes. 






On another note for planning, here is my plan so this blog never gets old... 
I am starting from scratch - I can not even run a full mile without walking so I am REALLY starting from scratch


Goal for 2011 - documented training for Sprint Triathlon (Hickory Grove August 28th)  Swim .5 mi, Bike 12.4 mi and Run 3.1 Mi


Goal for 2012 - Documented Training for Olympic Triathlon (San Francisco Triathlon at Treasure Island July 7th, 2012) Swim 0.93 mi, Bike 24.8 mi, run 6.2mi


Goal for 2013 - Documented Training for Half Ironman (High Cliff Half - High Cliff Wisconsin June 15, 2013) Swim 1.2 Miles, Bike 56 Miles, Run 13.1 Miles


Goal for 2014 - Documented Training for Full Ironman (Ironman Florida early November 2014) Swim 2.4 Mi, Bike 112mi, Run 26.2 Mi


So my first Ironman will be right after I turn 30


Once I finish that Ironman I'm thinking of switching over to mountain biking


In 2015 I will start with the Almanzo 100 in Rochester MN in May, The Breckenridge 100 in July, ending with the Leadville 100 in Mid August  


Once I finish all of these... it will be time to try for another little one and to start over from scratch working out again in 2017 






Song of the day Pomplamoose - Beat the horse