turning the screw...

Excellence does not occur by accident. Excellence is developed, created, honed, practiced, polished. I want excellence.

Slow week - no big workouts, no life-changing business deals, but next week we begin to turn the screw. Buffalo Springs lays 16 weeks from tomorrow and this year I'm going to be ready. I moved back into swimming more last week, and it will continue to pick up as I move forward...but when's this weather can warm-up enough I can swim in the lake? I can only look at the line down the middle of the lane for so long.

The FIRST program goes into full effect Tuesday, and hopefully McGalliard will help me polish of the bike training. Due to the 60 mph winds today, we're headed out tomorrow for what I'm sure will turn into a 4 hour race with some decent climbs (as far as those go in Amarillo).

He made a great comment last week, "as long as you put God and your family first, you have the ticket to really do something." Tris are different than other sporting events - theoretically, I could line up next to Normann and Macca and win; we all race at the same time, we all have the same starting line, we all have the same finish line. I could come out of no where and really do something in Kona or in Clearwater this year.

It's time for some good, hard training. A run, a swim, and a bike-run brick are on the table today, as well as finishing a business proposal, picking up a tux, and making it to the Symphony Ball before 7pm. I better get started...