Yep,

That is exactly how I am feeling at the moment, if you want some, need some, come my way. I am fired up and if you need some fire in the belly, I'll try and help you re-ignite that flame!

I think I've found a good technique which has helped, I have an arsenal of books / podcasts / rss feeds that I subscribe too which help keep my motivation at the upper thresholds - E4+ ;) You read this stuff and can't help but remain positive, hey, if you surround yourself with "the glass is half full" instead of "the glass is half empty", it is a step in the right direction. Nothing worst than negative people, kick them in the ar5e and shove them aside, there is no need for their negativity. Surrounding yourself with positive people will help nurture a positive mind set.

So, I am dumping some motivational quotes here for your consumption, enjoy, some of these are GOLD! Not sure who authored some of these, sorry if it is you ;)

  • 1. "It's not the critic who counts..the credit belongs to the man who's actually in the arena..who, if he fails, at least fails whilst daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither defeat nor victory."
  • 2. "IM racing is a life journey that exposes the frailty of mankind…you invest so much time, money, sweat and pain. It is these sacrifices that make the reward so great…without them the taste of victory is little more than a bitter pill. Challenge yourself to achieve greatness"
  • 3. "Dictionary is the only place success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must all pay for success." Vince Lombardi, Coach, Green Bay Packers
  • 4. "Our doubts are our traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt." - Shakespeare
  • 5. "Make no small plans; they have no magic to stir your blood to action. Make big plans, aim high in work and hope." - Daniel Burnham
  • 6. "You can quit, and they won't care, but you'll always know..."
  • 7. "The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it." - Michelangelo

To digress, I took some digital scales to the the MT class last night to gauge peoples sweat loss rates, only 4 of the 10 got on the scales, no surprise there! Any women, NOT! ;) I would have kept the results completely in-house, and YES, I consider my blog in-house too ;) ! So, well done to the hard core lads who got on the scales, Caff, soft (what you hiding)?

What was interesting was the different levels of sweat loss rates which ranged from 500ml to 1200mls in approx 1:20 of cycling where approx 55mins was at a respectable intensity which would have caused more rapid sweat loss. It was probably close to 17degC outside, so not warm at all.

I think it is really important that we all know our fluid loss rate, especially with the warmer months approaching and hydrate appropriately because our rates are so vastly different. It will be interesting to see how those rates change when we hit some warmer weather. I'll bring the scales of truth along again next week and hopefully persuade a few more to get on them. It aint about the fat but the fluid ;)

Signing off for now,

Mr Motivation!