Good day team
I am pretty jacked up about our new schedule for the upcoming months. I
am not going to lie I have enjoyed the extra rest this week with the
extra hour of sleep. But I am still looking forward to getting back at
it next week. I have been doing some thinking over the past week, and I
am really looking forward to this season. I found last year I was just
in it to get in shape and finish a triathlon. It was the hardest thing I
have ever done but with such a busy summer I never got to reflect on it.
Then the marathon came along and I pushed myself to new levels in
training, and this was still not the outcome I was happy with.
I was very honored to be the Captain of tdisc, but this may have been a
cop out in how hard I pushed myself. This is going to change starting
next week, I feel I am at the top of my game right now and it will only
get better. I no longer will train to "finish" or "compete" I train to
win. In doing this I plan to push myself to keep up with the admiral and
bull for as long as possible, and I feel these two men will take me
places where my goals will be accomplished.
I have received some positive news in the past weeks that I may not
even require surgery on my wrist at all! This has been a lingering
injury in my life that I have always had in my mind, in which would set
me back. I will find out next Friday whether I will even be getting it.
The doctor is very puzzled in how my wrist could have been fractured for
3 or 4 years without healing but in the last year and a half they have
grown together, and the blood flow has grown stronger to the bones in my
wrist. All I could think when he was telling me this, (tdisc really does
change lives). If this goes well there is nothing holding me back.
Watch out, these guys are for real!
Captain
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Greetings Team,
I hope you have enjoyed your two weeks of rest and recovery and look forward to the first phase of our training for the 2010 Season. This year's theme is " Why Not?". However, there will be several other phrases that will become commonplace around the TTF such as
Success is found on the extra mile !
Own the podium !
Do you believe ? (Official slogan of Tdisc and Canada Olympic Team 2010)
A farting horse is a working horse !
As coach of this team I look forward to the year ahead. I hope you will all arrive on time and in good spirits at our first workout. There will be no fitness testing this year but there will be individual meetings on a monthly basis.
Attached you will find a monthly calendar for November. This will be the "Base 1" Phase of our program and will last till December 19. Please post your schedule on the fridge and be cognisent of the start times. I will go over the schedule at the first workout.
I look forward to seeing you all on November 1st.
TDK
"Keep on keeping on."
I hope you have enjoyed your two weeks of rest and recovery and look forward to the first phase of our training for the 2010 Season. This year's theme is " Why Not?". However, there will be several other phrases that will become commonplace around the TTF such as
Success is found on the extra mile !
Own the podium !
Do you believe ? (Official slogan of Tdisc and Canada Olympic Team 2010)
A farting horse is a working horse !
As coach of this team I look forward to the year ahead. I hope you will all arrive on time and in good spirits at our first workout. There will be no fitness testing this year but there will be individual meetings on a monthly basis.
Attached you will find a monthly calendar for November. This will be the "Base 1" Phase of our program and will last till December 19. Please post your schedule on the fridge and be cognisent of the start times. I will go over the schedule at the first workout.
I look forward to seeing you all on November 1st.
TDK
"Keep on keeping on."
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Welcome Back!
"Pye it's your turn to get your profile on the Wii." "No that's ok" I replied to the room full of people.(half that I didn't know) In the end they coaxed me into getting it done. For those of you who don't know what it is...It's a video game that makes a look a like of you then plays doctor Oz and tells you your body mass index and how old your body is. I cruised right on through the facial features and whatnot. I must say it's a rather humbling experience. So It came time for me to step on the wii. I did a few balance things and it took my weight and whatnot and then came the results. "40" and "obese". "Great i'm an obese triathlete with a 40 year olds body." I didn't take it well and nearly came to blows with the wii. "Pye it's not proven to be totally accurate" Someone suggested. Cooler heads prevailed and we flicked on the hockey game.
"Are we stopping macdonald's?" tdiskree asked. "ya" I replied. A couple exits later I asked "Are we really stopping at Macdonald's?" "Ya" Tdiskree replied. A few minutes pass by and then tdisckree asks "Do we really need MacDonalds?" "No" I suggested. We pulled in to Tim Horton's....for a donut! That stop led to a deep discussion on our food addiction. We came to the conclusion that something has to be done about our eating habits. We train like dogs and eat like junk. It was then that the food addiction challenge was introduced. Details to follow.
In the words of Morrie Schwartz `Today is the first day of the rest of our lives.`
I can`t look back...I can only look forward. Today I locked eyes with 4 mini kitkat bars and after a minute stare down I said `not today food addiction...not today` and left the room. I`ve been junk free now for nearly 24 hours.
Tdisc doesn`t resume full team training until Nov. 1 but i`ve been ordered by the team to go back to work right away. I will ease back into things slowly. Tomorrow I have a swim planned out that should take about an hour. I haven`t heard from the team but I assume things have been going well. The admiral and tdisct(w) are expecting any day now. Should be exciting year for tdisc!
Till next time,
Tdiscpye
“Life is too short not to make the best and the most of everything that comes your way everyday.” -Sasha Azevedo
"Are we stopping macdonald's?" tdiskree asked. "ya" I replied. A couple exits later I asked "Are we really stopping at Macdonald's?" "Ya" Tdiskree replied. A few minutes pass by and then tdisckree asks "Do we really need MacDonalds?" "No" I suggested. We pulled in to Tim Horton's....for a donut! That stop led to a deep discussion on our food addiction. We came to the conclusion that something has to be done about our eating habits. We train like dogs and eat like junk. It was then that the food addiction challenge was introduced. Details to follow.
In the words of Morrie Schwartz `Today is the first day of the rest of our lives.`
I can`t look back...I can only look forward. Today I locked eyes with 4 mini kitkat bars and after a minute stare down I said `not today food addiction...not today` and left the room. I`ve been junk free now for nearly 24 hours.
Tdisc doesn`t resume full team training until Nov. 1 but i`ve been ordered by the team to go back to work right away. I will ease back into things slowly. Tomorrow I have a swim planned out that should take about an hour. I haven`t heard from the team but I assume things have been going well. The admiral and tdisct(w) are expecting any day now. Should be exciting year for tdisc!
Till next time,
Tdiscpye
“Life is too short not to make the best and the most of everything that comes your way everyday.” -Sasha Azevedo
Monday, October 19, 2009
The Day After!
"It won't happen again boys." -Bull Patterson
I really don't know where to start with this entry. Well i'll start with describing how I feel. I feel like Junk! My calves feel like they are going to explode with each step...when I bend over my admiral hamstrings scream with pain. My back, hips, thighs, shins, and feet...they're all shot. When I was going through the great canadian bagel drive thru this morning a man leaned out the window and said "wow, you guys left it all out there." I chuckled and replied "Ya...we go hard." I don't have to walk very far to realize that I gave it my all.
I wasn't that excited leading up to the race. I guess it's probably because I had never done it before and never knew how big of an event it was. I was still quite nervous about it...I'm not that strong of a runner and when you run for 21k anything can happen. In a nervous panic I spent most of the day Saturday at indigo reading running books. Just incase things went poorly I walked out of the store with "Tuesdays with Morrie." We had a great pre-race meal at the admirals place on Saturday night. Although I left thinking to myself....I'm going to see those meatballs again.
I woke up good and early Sunday morning. I went through my usual routine of getting a coffee and bagel into me right away. I didn't feel nervous until I met up with the admiral and Kree and we began putting on our bibs and chips. I set a goal of 1 hour 40 minutes and I told people that. As I was arriving to the race I said to the boys "why the frig did I say I would run it in 1:40." I was really rethinking my goal...considering I had not run 10k at that pace. As I looked up towards the confed center there were people everywhere...I was officially terrified.
5 minutes prior to the start we made our way up to our usual starting position...Right at the front. We pride ourselves on our great start. Tdiscgreggy goes "look over there" pointing to the sign on the right...It read 1:30. None of us planned on running it in that time but we were going to start with them. Bang...the gun went off. The race was under way...and just like we wanted we were out in the top 20. At the 1k mark it was tdisckree and the admiral just ahead of me and tdiscgreggy right behind me. I was happy with my start but I wasn't impressed with the shin splints coming on. I couldn't believe it...what a day to get those. They didn't slow me down though and I continued on with my pace. At the 5k mark coming up belvedere avenue I had a burning sensation in my stomach and I remember telling myself..."just get to the trail...better place to puke." When I hit the trail the pack began to spread and I found myself running alone. I knew I was on a pb pace but I was scared that I was wearing myself out early. I never really thought I could run it in 1:40 until I hit the 10k mark and I was over a minute under my personal best. From that point on I knew where I was every kilometer. With 5k to go I knew I had a good shot with 25 minutes remaining. The hill by calvary temple was absolutely miserable...I could tell my legs were tiring because I was kicking stones. Knowing there was an easy finish...I pushed it hard until UPEI. I hit the shell with 1 minute to go...I knew I had accomplished my goal. Not wanting to puke coming across the line I eased back...but when I entered the finish, with everyone standing around it gave me that extra little bit. For those of you who have never stepped on that red mat...you have no idea how good it feels. The atmosphere around the finish line was awesome!
We all achieved our goals and surprised a lot of people but not those who have seen us train. I think the sprints, hills, long runs, and the taper leading up really benefited us. There was a guy that pushed us along over the last month of our training that was unable to race. He was in our thoughts throughout the whole race. As we were at the starting line we could see in the distance a man holding up at T. That's when the captain looked at us all and said "We run this one for Bull Patterson boys." I know it was a major disappointed but Bull Patterson is for real...and he will be there next time.
I didn't realize how special this event was until I ran in it. From the endless amounts of water/gatorade/gells stations to the music stations(I'll never forget "P-p-poker face, p-p-poker face"). The people shouting encouragement never gave us a chance to give up...thank you for that. The whole organizing committee....you guys need to be applauded, that race is going nowhere but up.
To Tdisc...Great race...Great year!
Tdisc fan poll:
1.Tdisc members have their own body wash but share a puff.
False-Tdisc share team body wash.
2.The admiral is getting a triple dose of the H1N1 vaccine.
False-Noone gets a triple dose. However they will give him a double dose with a horse needle.
3.Everyone gets a mat to stretch on except the rookie.
True
4.The admiral lubes his feet and nipples prior to each run.
False- The admiral does lube up his feet but he is the only tdisc member not to lube his nipples.
To the Tdiscsuperfans running the dublin marathon. European times can be used for Tdisc qualifiers. Good luck! In the words Tdisc "Why not."
We break for 2 weeks and then we do it all over again. I'll leave you with a quote from a tdisc superfan "That was very inspiring, I almost teared up when you guys crossed."
Till next time,
Tdiscpye
"Satisfaction does not come with achievement, but with effort. Full effort is full victory." -Mahatma Gandhi
I really don't know where to start with this entry. Well i'll start with describing how I feel. I feel like Junk! My calves feel like they are going to explode with each step...when I bend over my admiral hamstrings scream with pain. My back, hips, thighs, shins, and feet...they're all shot. When I was going through the great canadian bagel drive thru this morning a man leaned out the window and said "wow, you guys left it all out there." I chuckled and replied "Ya...we go hard." I don't have to walk very far to realize that I gave it my all.
I wasn't that excited leading up to the race. I guess it's probably because I had never done it before and never knew how big of an event it was. I was still quite nervous about it...I'm not that strong of a runner and when you run for 21k anything can happen. In a nervous panic I spent most of the day Saturday at indigo reading running books. Just incase things went poorly I walked out of the store with "Tuesdays with Morrie." We had a great pre-race meal at the admirals place on Saturday night. Although I left thinking to myself....I'm going to see those meatballs again.
I woke up good and early Sunday morning. I went through my usual routine of getting a coffee and bagel into me right away. I didn't feel nervous until I met up with the admiral and Kree and we began putting on our bibs and chips. I set a goal of 1 hour 40 minutes and I told people that. As I was arriving to the race I said to the boys "why the frig did I say I would run it in 1:40." I was really rethinking my goal...considering I had not run 10k at that pace. As I looked up towards the confed center there were people everywhere...I was officially terrified.
5 minutes prior to the start we made our way up to our usual starting position...Right at the front. We pride ourselves on our great start. Tdiscgreggy goes "look over there" pointing to the sign on the right...It read 1:30. None of us planned on running it in that time but we were going to start with them. Bang...the gun went off. The race was under way...and just like we wanted we were out in the top 20. At the 1k mark it was tdisckree and the admiral just ahead of me and tdiscgreggy right behind me. I was happy with my start but I wasn't impressed with the shin splints coming on. I couldn't believe it...what a day to get those. They didn't slow me down though and I continued on with my pace. At the 5k mark coming up belvedere avenue I had a burning sensation in my stomach and I remember telling myself..."just get to the trail...better place to puke." When I hit the trail the pack began to spread and I found myself running alone. I knew I was on a pb pace but I was scared that I was wearing myself out early. I never really thought I could run it in 1:40 until I hit the 10k mark and I was over a minute under my personal best. From that point on I knew where I was every kilometer. With 5k to go I knew I had a good shot with 25 minutes remaining. The hill by calvary temple was absolutely miserable...I could tell my legs were tiring because I was kicking stones. Knowing there was an easy finish...I pushed it hard until UPEI. I hit the shell with 1 minute to go...I knew I had accomplished my goal. Not wanting to puke coming across the line I eased back...but when I entered the finish, with everyone standing around it gave me that extra little bit. For those of you who have never stepped on that red mat...you have no idea how good it feels. The atmosphere around the finish line was awesome!
We all achieved our goals and surprised a lot of people but not those who have seen us train. I think the sprints, hills, long runs, and the taper leading up really benefited us. There was a guy that pushed us along over the last month of our training that was unable to race. He was in our thoughts throughout the whole race. As we were at the starting line we could see in the distance a man holding up at T. That's when the captain looked at us all and said "We run this one for Bull Patterson boys." I know it was a major disappointed but Bull Patterson is for real...and he will be there next time.
I didn't realize how special this event was until I ran in it. From the endless amounts of water/gatorade/gells stations to the music stations(I'll never forget "P-p-poker face, p-p-poker face"). The people shouting encouragement never gave us a chance to give up...thank you for that. The whole organizing committee....you guys need to be applauded, that race is going nowhere but up.
To Tdisc...Great race...Great year!
Tdisc fan poll:
1.Tdisc members have their own body wash but share a puff.
False-Tdisc share team body wash.
2.The admiral is getting a triple dose of the H1N1 vaccine.
False-Noone gets a triple dose. However they will give him a double dose with a horse needle.
3.Everyone gets a mat to stretch on except the rookie.
True
4.The admiral lubes his feet and nipples prior to each run.
False- The admiral does lube up his feet but he is the only tdisc member not to lube his nipples.
To the Tdiscsuperfans running the dublin marathon. European times can be used for Tdisc qualifiers. Good luck! In the words Tdisc "Why not."
We break for 2 weeks and then we do it all over again. I'll leave you with a quote from a tdisc superfan "That was very inspiring, I almost teared up when you guys crossed."
Till next time,
Tdiscpye
"Satisfaction does not come with achievement, but with effort. Full effort is full victory." -Mahatma Gandhi
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