little white board of truth

I'm not one to be super anal about my training. I have a vague knowledge of how long my longest stuff needs to be at any given point in the season and I try to make sure to do that long stuff, along with the shorter bikes and runs that support it. This time around I actually sat down and scratched out a very primitive training plan. It was actually sort of fun putting it all together and making sure that everything was in there and that the progression wasn't too much too fast. Plus, its simple enough that I will actually use it.

To go along with this training plan, I purchased a little white magnetic dry erase board which I stuck on the fridge. Each week I list all my workouts for the week and check them off. Its amazing how much more motivated I am to train for the simple reason that I want the satisfaction of checking off that last workout at the end of the week. Last week I made it. This week is looking a little questionable due to the fact that instead of swimming after class last night, I went out for dinner and a beer with a friend. Woops.

It's cool to start the week and see this looooong list of workouts and think "There's no way ..." and then slowly see them get checked off as the week goes by.

Its not cool to end the week with one of those workouts unchecked.