Is this what all of us go through? Perhaps this is the point where a coach would be a good investment--that or a sports psychologist!
Even though I have used the training plans on beginnertriathlete.com, my mind is telling me that I am no longer a beginner, that I need to bump up to intermediate status. And even though that excellent website has intermediate plans, I looked elsewhere this morning.
But here's the thing--when I look at the plan I found and printed from trinewbies.com (not an intermediate site, I just realized), that training doesn't seem like enough! I'm doing way more than it prescribes! Oh, dear; now I'm really confused!!!
I don't train technically--no heart rate monitors, no zone 1/2/3/4 stuff (I don't even know what that means)--I just go out and swim, bike and run! In fact, I didn't even own a pair of bike shoes and clipless pedals until a month ago. My bike is an Internet special--$500 delivered and "90% assembled." Thank goodness I have a handy, patient husband, because it arrived more like 10% assembled. I never could have put that bike together myself. Would I like a $2,000 bike? To quote Sarah Palin, "You betcha!" Can I, in good conscience, purchase a $2,000 bike? What do you think?
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| My sweet little bike. She still needs a name. . . |
I guess I'm just feeling like I can always do more, always have better equipment, always squeeze in a workout (even if it's not part of the plan). Is this how all of us triathletes feel? Or am I just especially neurotic?
I "splurged" on wicking underpants and tri shorts last year. Best investment I made! I bike on a hybrid. I have toe cages instead of clipless pedals. If I end up with a spare two grand, it's going toward a plane ticket to Ethiopia so T can see his family again. But then again, I'm not competitive. I'm doing tris just 'cuz. But I'm glad to hear I'm not alone in not going gung ho to gear up. I figure one or two things a year. I hope to change out the seat on my hybrid. The entry fees are splurge enough in and of themselves!
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