If you came here looking for Wonder Mom Wednesday it's been put on the back-burner for now. Because frankly I really don't feel like Wonder Mom at all lately. I've been running around like crazy and so wrapped up in my own erratic training for my 70.3 that many things have been put aside for later. I'm not sure when just later. My blogging each week has been somewhat inconsistent as well. I never wanted to think of my blog as work but lately it has felt that way. I figured participating in link-ups would be a fun idea and force me to be more consistent with blogging but instead it's been a bit of a headache and puts pressure on myself. I feel bad that I let my co-hosts down but I think they feel exactly the same way. So Wonder Mom Wednesday may come back we just don't know when.
Silverman 70.3 is less than two weeks. I still haven't found my motivation. At this point my motivation is to just to do it to get it over with and move forward with other things I'd like to be doing. It's awful and I know I should be the motivating cheerleader for my readers out there but as I always say "this blog isn't all rainbows and unicorns." It's supposed to be 100 degrees in Las Vegas today. A HUNDRED FREAKIN' DEGREES! How in the hell am I going to race in 100 degree heat? I hate the heat. Sure I live in Arizona and you probably think I would be used to it. But I live in the mountains we don't ever get to 100 degrees. 85 is scorching for us. So yes I'm spoiled.
Have I been training? Sure somewhat. I haven't followed a plan in weeks but I did get a bunch of long rides in so perhaps that will help. Who knows. I'm sure it'll be somewhat of a shit-show out there on the course so you all have my permission to chuckle.
One of the long rides I did was this past weekend. I did our famous Skull Valley Challenge. I wasn't going to ride it this year because it was painful last year and it took me forever. But I told myself just to go out there and have fun. Secretly I had to planned to call Paul and ask him to come get me if I was really miserable. I stopped at the aid stations, chatted with the volunteers and ate some good snacks. Before I knew it I was already more than halfway into the ride and was ready for more. And you know what? I was having FUN! Go figure. Sure my time sucked but once I let go of that pressure I really enjoyed what I was doing.
As I head into my so called taper (I hate that word) week, I'll be letting go and having fun. I'm getting ready to board a plane and fly up to the Pacific Northwest with my love. We have a little getaway planned...just the two of us! Sure Silverman will be on my mind but at this point the training is done and it is what it is. I can't control anything else. I'll show up at the edge of Lake Mead in two weeks and take a deep breath and just see what happens.