Blog from my phone?

What?! Testing...I can now blog from my phone.  Hmmm maybe I won't go almost a month between posts anymore :)

Wanting v Needing to Qualify

I want to qualify for 70.3 Ironman World Championship at Muncie in July.  There, I said it.  I want to qualify because it would be amazing.  I need to qualify mostly to prove myself to some people and to show that yes my program is working.  No, you don't need to throw tons of money at millions of high name coaches just to get better.  You just have to push yourself and actually do the work yourself.  Have you added any speed work to your workout?  No?  Ok, well then yes, you are going to be slow.  Have you been eating right and not eating crap?  No?  Then yes, you are going to feel like crap and not lose weight.  Have you been doing your long runs/bikes/swims they way you're supposed to?  No?  Then they will suck.  Do you lift heavier weights and make progress in your strength training?  If not, how do you expect to get better and stronger?  I currently have someone who I've discovered really doesn't want to try that hard at anything they do, but they want to throw a lot of money and fancy words and names around to make it appear as if they are trying hard.  Getting them to be out of breath and sweating during a workout is nearly impossible.  The workout suddenly becomes too hard.  Getting them to do speed work is impossible because they point blank refuse.  My program isn't from a high dollar coach, it's from a fellow trainer who is bad ass and willing to train me for triathlons for free.  Yes my training program is high intensity and high volume, the last I checked a half or full Ironman wasn't exactly a walk in the park.  You need to work your butt off just to finish the bloody race, let alone be good at it.  So that's what I'm going to do.  I wanted to qualify before simply because it was cool and could be fun.  I feel like I need to qualify now because then just MAYBE certain people will start to believe that I may be young and small, but I surprisingly do know what I'm doing.  Rant done.

In other news.  My Grandma is doing AMAZING and still continues to impress me on a daily basis.  My mom and Grandma are going through a lot right now, but instead of freaking out or worrying themselves sick they are simply staying optimistic and moving forward.  Things are still going to happen regardless if you worry about them or if you buckle down and deal with them.  Giving up on your situation doesn't make your situation go away, it just means you gave up on it and now you get to sit and think about how badly it sucks while it sucks the life out of you.  You can either fight harder to get through the situation, or you can give up and stay in it.  Grandm is driving the doctors crazy because she tells them that she's still mowing her yard, still cleaning her house, still moving furniture, and still not sitting still.  Seriously, at 84 she has beyond earned the ability to just hang out and relax, but nope, that would drive her crazy.  So now is she not only my role model, but she has become a story that other techs, nurses, and doctors tell other patients about because there is no reason anyone should give up on anything when she's acting like nothing is wrong what-so-ever.  She is still receiving weekly chemo treatments and has fortunately not had any issues really.  Yeah she gets tired easier than she used to but that is even getting better. She's one of the few people who I bet could ever actually get stronger while going through chemo.  She is why I set the bar so high for the rest of the world to do a simple thing called TRY and WORK and GET THINGS DONE.  She is impressive, inspiring, and amazing.  I sincerely wish that everyone could be at least just a little bit like her.