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January 18, 2008
GREAT News!
Well the results are in and quite frankly I'm surprised. Not many votes for the thumbprint cookie and some didn't even know what a thumbprint was! This is disturbing. Does everyone know what a pierogie is? It came to my attention some time ago that food is regional and people in Wisconsin might not eat pierogies or they may BUT they just don't call them that. I for one have never drank a soda but I do consume an awful lot of pop. And don't try to make me call them jimmies because they ARE called sprinkles. ANYWAY - I can only hope that is what is going on with the thumbprints.
Regardless, it appears that the biggest mistake of all was my own in leaving oatmeal raisin cookies off the list. Pretty negligent on my part considering THE biggest oatmeal raisin cookie fan of all lives in the same house as me. If you ask me, you shouldn't mix fruit and cookies. Seriously.
But regardless I did enjoy the survey question so I think I'll have more in the future. I have all sorts of questions in my head to ask (I wonder about the strangest things you know?) but I don't want to get too annoying too early on. :)
In other news, I have some GREAT news to share! I was invited back on the MarkAllenOnline Amateur Triathlon Team and will again be racing for them in 2008! I'm very excited about this because it's a wonderful team of very successful and dedicated athletes and of course AMAZING coaching! I spent many a year putting on a uniform (high school and then Penn State) and feeling absolutely honored to be putting that uniform on and representing and this is no different. I learned a ton being on the team last year and benefited greatly from having coaches that have the experience and knowledge that they do!
But of the many, many, many things I learned probably the most important and the perhaps the hardest for me to grasp and accept was the fact that this sport takes patience. There is no secret and really the training is quite simple. But workout after workout, week after week, month after month and YEAR after YEAR that simple training adds up to be a lot. Patience - building an aerobic engine and realizing that work you are putting in now may not pay off in the next race or the race after or even next YEAR but that with consistency in training and PATIENCE it will pay off. In a world of instant gratification it's a hard pill to swallow but I think I finally "got" it.
Regardless, I'm really looking forward to taking all these lessons I've learned and my first real year of true triathlon training and putting them to good use this year! And of course learning many, many, many more lessons for years to come.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Posted by beth at January 18, 2008 8:58 PM
Comments
AWESOME! Congrats on being back on your team! And I could not agree more... the results will eventually catch up and the workload does eventually make us faster...
Go get em'!
Posted by: Bree at January 18, 2008 10:07 PM
AWESOME! Congrats on being back on your team! And I could not agree more... the results will eventually catch up and the workload does eventually make us faster...
Go get em'!
Posted by: Bree at January 18, 2008 10:08 PM
Oh, great news & Congrats, Beth! And, yep...not many seem to understand how PATIENT one must be with triathlon training - especially as the distances get longer...and you get it! You'll have a great year! Jen
Posted by: Jennifer Harrison at January 19, 2008 12:30 PM
As a 40-something plodder who has been trying to get faster for quite some time I've been thinking a lot about patience lately and you're right, it is important to think in terms of years and not weeks or months. Patience also ties in well with the title of your blog!
Posted by: DREW at January 19, 2008 12:39 PM
I love reading your blog! Thank you for the reminder that this sport is all about patience and focused training.
Posted by: Andrea at January 21, 2008 10:24 AM