Mission Ironman delivered

Today was another milestone in that I delivered my first Mission Ironman presentation to an audience at The Belfry in Birmingham. The audience were great and understood the key messages about the journey to ironman from non-athlete, non-swimmer and how this relates to challenges in life and business.  They completed my 5 step plan to goal setting and posted it to themselves so that when they get back to their office there is a reminder of what they want to change and a structure to support the change.
Achieving unbelievable challenges is usually won or lost in the head and we tend to limit ourselves by our thinking.  Mission Ironman is all about overcoming this type of thinking and making the most out of our lives while helping those less fortunate along the way.  Enjoy the journey.

Targets create focus

As I am getting back into my running and with only 99 days to go before I complete a marathon (after the swim and bike) I need to step the mileage up.  So yesterday I ran 12 miles.  I watched my time carefully as this indicates how "run fit" I am and was delighted to average 8 mins per mile on a hilly course.  If I didn't measure it I wouldn't have anything else to go on other than feel which isn't good enough.  After my glutes problem I wasn't surprised that I had some discomfort in the last mile but this went away afterwards.  In the build up I will improve my speed slightly but it's not about getting a fast time on the marathon, it's about putting three hard disciplines together and crossing the line in a respectable time (and in one piece!).
Due to the length of the run I took out a drink and some energy jelly.  Unfortunately at -2 degrees the jelly was not easy to chew so I spent 20 minutes trying to pick it out of my teeth as I ran - another lesson learned!  However in Lanza I will have a different problem with the heat.  That's why I will be testing everything when I am out at the training camp in March as I can't afford that type of problem on race day.