this is probably one of the times where i realized about the significant of minutes and seconds. last monday, after looking at my result from the past weekend race, i was a little discourage. out of so many things that i had done for the past 5-6 months, somehow the result does not really satisfy me. i am happy on certain things of the disciplines, especially the bike. but yet, the overall is not fulfilling.
then, last wednesday, i looked the numbers up again, it turned out that i had a better result. wow....can't imagine, just a few minutes different in numbers actually made my perspective change. it made me think differently. then, i said to myself, '...wow, this changes everything...' and i mean everything. everything from training, to result, from what i had done, to what i need to do.
i remembered at the end of last season, i said to myself, the coaches, and my teammates, that i wanted to be better on the bike. so far, so good. i know i'm still not the best, but i really do feel that i'm actually better on the bike, especially after the accident last april. but then, as i was recalling all that, i think about what mike neill said to me at gulf coast.
'it takes 10 years for anybody to be good at anything'
oh my goodness, after all that i had done, i still have to figure out something else. still, i have to better myself on other discipline. so far, as for swimming, coach geri had been threatening me to do certain things to me so that i can improve. well, to be honest, it kind of help and i hope coach can see it. as for the run; now this is the part that i thought i already kind of figure things our. it turns out, not really. i'm not sure why. in the last few months i have been thinking about this, since i really want to figure this out before 'the race'. then suddenly, yesterday, one of my teammates said something about nutrition on the run. and so it 'hit' me. i had changed my nutrition on the run. i had been experimenting with other stuffs. i have not stick with what has been working for me from last season. so my decision for now to improve is to get back to what has been working for me, especially on the run. nutrition, never thought i could effect me that much. even though for now this is only on paper, nothing has been proven yet. so for now, i'll keep on training and see the result in a couple of weeks. and oh btw....i have 6 weeks to 'the race'.
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