Can montages have hiccups?

So i've been on the shelf since my Tuesday night run. Putting a small hiccup in my montage. Running in the cold and getting rained on, I guess was just a little too much for me. It never fails that when my body wants to quit it starts in the right knee and ends in the left hip. While the knee pain is usually gone in a day or two it usually takes about a week for the hip to be pain free. So from Wednesday to Saturday i've been slacking (I intended on running Saturday but life outside exercising caught up with me.) So I will just think of last week as my "recovery week" and continue pushing on to the ING half marathon. Last week my training looked liked this

• Monday - Swim 2200m (very tough swim)
• Tuesday - TNR 6 painful miles
  
• Sunday - Base ride 23ish miles @ Stone Mountain

Notice there are no midday work outs, early morning swims etc etc... I promise to make this week better (it's depressing looking at that list.) Last week I had more sodas than days I worked out, and that's sad. With better work outs comes a better attitude so everyone wins.

So in my last post I talked about being moved into a higher swim lane and my friend over @ penatpeace commented on her struggles of making it to the pool. Well Pen here is a special call out just for you. Last year I remember you were a far better swimmer than I was (and runner but there isn't a chance in hell of me beating/keeping up/seeing you longer than 30 secs in running) gliding through the water with ease, well don't let me beat you out of the water at Wisconsin. Maybe there should be a friendly wager?

Last night while out celebrating a fellow triathlete's birthday, I had a small conversation about the mental side of triathlon. It's no question i'm much much stronger mentally this year than last, though still very weak. While talking to BR, who is a amazing runner and insanely competitive, it was brought up how I need to find "my thing" I can channel to get me in "my zone". I truly believe that being able to tunnel their vision is what makes great athlete's great. The only thing that matters, is the end. I usually trip myself up with thoughts of pains and any and everything else way before the end of any race. Before the endurance sports, I usually only needed to focus 8 to 10 seconds at a time. Making the switch from fast-twitch to slowtwitch the mental is definitely one of the toughest parts. I think i'm where I should be for this being my second year of doing any kind of races. Al'ls well that ends well. Now i'm just typing incoherent thoughts and blah blah blah so I probably should end this.