...Not in that order. Brett and I are back in Walnut Creek in our home and loving it. End of story. Well, not quite - the backyard has yet to be finished and we are still working on creating the perfect office... but with that said, we are grateful to be back without anyone pouncing above our head, girls partying above us or boyfriend/girlfriend arguments where the night ends with a phone call to the police ... you know how that goes. My brain still jumps at the echo or noise by the rule of Pavlov's dog/drooling/bell premise - but I'm adjusting. Oh yeah... and there are no plans to fill the third bedroom with a guest room...
Training. Today officially started my training for Vineman Ironman 70.3 in Sonoma on July 17, 2011. I printed out a 20 week training program and although I may lose some momentume due to our 4 week stint in Africa - this will be the first time I have printed out a training regime and vowed to stick it out. Usually, I only train, if at all for one event and ride on a wing and prayer that I will finish. Out of fear or laziness, maybe both - but now I am not afraid and sick of being lazy and I want to see what my airway and body can do. I head up to see my surgeon on October 28th and I am excited to see what kind of airway capacity I am working with - has it stayed the same and I have just gotten stronger (I recently shed 15 minutes 7 seconds off my half marathon time) or has my airway expanded due to the increased volume and workload...we shall see! Regardless, watching Brett train for his Ironman, I can't help but admire and LOVE the lifestyle training affords.
The book. I am working on Chapter two, but as I brainstorm where I want this book to go, I may decide on negating the chapter idea and sectioning it off into sections (do you like that?). Maybe childhood (yikes), high school/college - working in some of my motivational speaking components, my career(s) and my training. We'll see. Any ideas...
I'm again speaking as a Keynote speaker at Oakley High on October 26 and 27! I love giving back to our community in that way. If I can change one individuals life - it's all worth it in the end.
