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Apple has a mini movie centered around their “Precision Finding” feature which enables two iPhone 15 users to find each other within a distance of a few feet. Pretty accurate if the commercial is being truthful. Take a look at the Star Wars themed ad then scroll down for more info…
The Music. If you want to see all your friends at once, like the main character in this ad looking for his buds, perhaps the perfect soundtrack for you is “All My Friends” by Channel Tres.
I’m really enjoying the improvement I’m experiencing with swimming whether it’s in a pool, lake, or the ocean. The only downside so far, well there might be two… but the first is that my right shoulder hurts a little. I think it’s just inflammation so I’m monitoring that. The other downside is that I’m not fast. But those downsides don’t outweigh the confidence I’m gaining since my first very embarrassing swim a little over a year ago in a sprint triathlon. One of my nieces recorded an open water swim this weekend so this is the first time I’ve seen myself swimming up close. Triathlons and the training that goes along with them has been such a bright spot for me the last year and a half!
My next sprint triathlon is just about 3 weeks away so I’ll keep writing posts as the day approaches.
This holiday is about remembering the men and women who have given their lives for the freedom we enjoy every day in America. I hope we’re all able to pause even just for a second to think about what that means and then at the same time, not take for granted being able to be with family and/or friends on one of the beachy-est holidays of the year. While we’re at it, let’s be thankful for all the service members who are currently giving their time and energy for the protection of the rest of us.
I’m on a weekend vacation enjoying the sand, salt, and seagulls of the Florida gulf coast and since I’ve become obsessed with almost everything about triathlons, I’ve planned 2 beach runs and 2 open water swims while I’m here. Those are great plans in theory but it’s always harder to actually do the things than it is to plan them.
Yesterday was the first of the 2 runs and I’m totally not making this more dramatic (meaning I’m about to make this more dramatic)… the wind was directly against me the entire first half of the run! The birds were loving it but I felt like I was fighting a wind machine. Plus running in sand already has its challenges. There were two bright spots in the first half of the run…
I saw my cousin, his wife, and their son walking on the beach which gave me a reason to walk a bit.
Turning around and running with the wind felt a lot better.
This was one of the harder runs in the last few weeks. I’ll credit that to the environment. The plan today is the open water swim and I already have an excuse for why it’s going to be tough. I’ll save that for another post so come back soon… I post every day at 1pm about all sorts of things from triathlon training, TV commercials, music, relationships, and more.
I should’ve guessed that during a week where one of my nieces got married and less than 24 hours later another niece graduated high school, my training schedule would probably change. A glimpse into the first draft of the calendar for that week: a couple of long runs, 2 open water swims, an outdoor workout, a long bike ride, and a track run. Guess which ones didn’t happen! If you answered, “Most,” you’d be right. Logistically speaking, a few of the training exercises just couldn’t happen.
I’ll give you a look at the 7-day stretch. What do you notice about each day?
Every day has something crossed out and that’s OK. While training is important (and very, very necessary) for sprint triathlons and the longer races, of course, there are 2 reactions to a change in schedule. One is to panic. The other is to adapt. I guess there’s a secret third option: sell everything you have and move to South America. Don’t do that!
Panicking is rarely helpful in any situation so if you find yourself having to revise and adapt your training schedule, stay calm and train on (as the cliché t-shirt phrase goes). It will probably be a situation where you just do what you can when you can and once the calendar chaos passes, then get back to a schedule. The race I’m training for is about 3 weeks away and recently I had written about doing a big workout to start the 4-week countdown. That’s the day I ran 8 miles. I’d planned on good workouts but guess what happened in the following 3 days: I did a 5K distance one day and nothing the other two.
Argggh!!!
How do you cope, or manage your emotions and all that, for when your training changes from the original plan? It could be an injury that forces the change, or some unforeseen event that needs your attention. I guess a wedding isn’t really an unforeseen surprise so I should’ve planned better but in my defense, I’m just the uncle! If the groom’s main objective is to make sure he shows up at the wedding, shouldn’t the uncle of the bride have even less to think about? Turns out that’s not true. When the wedding is in the city where you live and the mother of the bride is your sister, you *might* be assigned tasks and it’s best to keep your head down, say yes, and take your bike out the next week.
Out of the Wilderness 