The reward of going long

This is one of the reasons why I sometimes have to hold myself back from launching on a rant when someone in their first post on BT asks if they would be able to do an Ironman in a few months as their first tri. Some people new to tri seem to think that we are all a bunch of type-A adrenaline junkies who love extreme sports. In reality I think that many of us are in it for the life style, and racing is just the icing on the cake.

Oh yeah - you're singing my song!

I look at short workouts to recover from the long ones and to keep up the overall volume. Maybe I need to reframe thgem to get get more value out of them, but I live for going long. 

The sense of achievement at the end of a long session is great, but it's the exploring along the way that I love. Those short sessions get to be a bit routine because I forever seem to be covering the same terrain near home.

Come the long session and anything is possible. I think I discover a new corner of the countryside on just about every long ride or run. Gotta love that!

Gerrard

Really?  I'm in it for the food--lots and lots of food. 

When I told people we would be driving to Idaho this year for the race, they said "that's a long way to drive."  But as I kept track of my s/b/r miles, I s/b/r about that same distance.  Yea, it's a long drive.  It's even longer to s/b/r that far.