The Old 1-2

We are outta here. Off and running. The canon has sounded, water is frothy. You had better know something about self defense and be able to subject your (righteous) will over any bad guys standing between you and accomplishment of mission. The primary objective being that goal you wrote down yesterday, published and are now one day closer to. But shit happens, right? These are difficult times, the economy remains in suck mode, people are getting desperate, gas is as expensive as food. When push comes to shove, you want, need actually, to be able to respond to challenge. To do the right thing. Fight or flight? You need to be able to respond automatically when necessary, not stop and think about your motivation, your stance, your cover, your story or your will. Thinking will do you no good when it is time to act. You just gotta do. You have thought about it enough, made your choice and now you move.

That is exactly the reason why we evoked the old 1-2 this morning (along with the fact that it is 1-2-12). We worked for 60 minutes on dealing with fatigue. Accumulative fatigue. There are two parts to dealing with AF, part one is the mental part. You, me, your partner, your rival, your mailman, the hairdresser's dog and everyone at the grocery store knows that it hurts and you're tired. That you would rather be in a hot tub sipping Cristal. BUT YOU AREN'T. You are pushing past pain in order to teach your mind the power of adaptation. Endurance. Focus. Managing the mayhem. A stronger body starts in your head.

Part two is the obvious muscular adaptation. The longer we go the stronger we get. The harder we make it indoors the better our rides or races out will be. You slap those two together like a foot-long aerobic sandwich, and you have one tasty treat!

A couple of announcements also: We are putting together our master game plan for the year. This is all-inclusive, containing races, events, business trips, birthdays, black out days, rides, swims, or anything else that this group could benefit from. It is already pretty full. If you have an idea, an event we should consider, a big training day workout, or anything else of relative value, please speak up now so we don't end up doing everything on August 15.

And lastly: Bob and I are going to ride all 112 miles of the Ironman Canada course on Sunday morning in the HoM. I have searched high and lo for a suitable sign-up calendar software add-on but have failed to advance the ball, so we are testing the FaceBook Group feature called CompuTrainer Multi-Rider @ BAC. I started a group and created a page to accommodate scheduling and communication. Please give it a look and see what you think. You can add yourself as a friend and get started immediately (and at no additional charge!)

That is it for today folks.

We have hit the ground in hostile territory well behind enemy lines. Time for the old 1-2. Let's move out.