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Under 90 days

Can't believe IMTX2018 is less than 90 days. 

Even though I have completed 2 IMs, you still feel like it's your first, which for me is good.  Never assume because you have done it once means you can do it again.  I always try to put my best effort into training, not always successful, but never dwell.  Just reflect and move on. 

I have realized that more than ever I struggle to train on weekends.  My time with the hubby and our furry baby is so precious to me and scarce during the week that I want to spend as much time with them as possible on the weekends.  So I have decided to make some modifications to the schedule that will mostly allow me to limit weekend training to 1 day.  The sacrifice to accomplish this is getting up earlier during the weekend to extend my workouts.  Over the next 13 weeks, I will only have 3 weekends at 7 days s a week instead of 6.

My new nutrition plan (focus on protein and lower carbs/sugar) is working well, I wish I was losing more weight but I'm no feeling hungry.  I have also experienced and improvement in workout nutrion in that I'm consuming less than last year during training.  As I do longer sessions it will be interesting to see if this trend continues.  I still need to keep an eye on this because I don't want to get into a situation where I bonk especially as the distances / time grow.

Still trying to focus on no nonsense - your problems are not mine!


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