Daily training journal — building toward IRONMAN 70.3 Melbourne.

Waking up every morning before 5 cannot be externally motivated.

MORNING

If the race day is externally motivated and I agree that maybe the race day I can prove a lot of people, I am doing the race to prove a lot of people of what I am worth, but waking up every morning before 5 cannot be externally motivated. You cannot do this to prove other people of what you are worth. You wake up every morning to race your game, to prove it to yourself.

Oh my god, how difficult can breathing be. Even a child who is born, out of the mother's body, he knows how to breathe, and I am still struggling how to breathe in swimming. Anyways, I am not going to give up in this challenge, and I will do my best to climb this Mount Everest in swimming. Mornings are becoming so much easier. 4:30 a.m. seems easier than waking up at 9 or 10 a few years ago.

Strength training is becoming so much. My body is getting accustomed to strength training, and the legs are adapting well to weights. I hope I can keep pushing on with all of this.

You wake up every morning to race your game, to prove it to yourself.

─ 167 days to IRONMAN 70.3 Melbourne ─