Patience.

The general theme of my last few posts has been 'I'm healthy'. Well, I'm still healthy. And if being healthy was the only prerequisite for skiing fast, then I'd be ready to race. But its not, and I'm not.

My training pattern since recovering from Giardia can be likened to the idea of 'the fool in the shower', I think originally a Milton Friedman idea. The idea is that a fool in the shower will be a little too cold and turn up the hot water way too much and burn himself, then turn it way down and freeze himself, instead of making small adjustments and having the patience to wait a couple of seconds to see the outcome, taking care not to go too far.

As it relates to my training, I seemed to be under the impression that I will just feel good again and be ready to jump right back into the point where I was before I got sick... So I feel good, then train really hard for four days, get tired, stop recovering the way I ought too, take a few days off or very easy. And repeat.

It has also been said that the true definition of an idiot is someone who repeats the same action over and over, expecting different results every time... I'm not going to repeat the process anymore.

I'm shooting for a manageable amount of training for now. I want to train well and recover well and build from there. I have to have the patience to do that and the confidence to rely on years of training.

Today is Sunday and I was supposed to be in Yellowstone by now. The snow condition has been less than ideal and I have been waiting to see how the situation will pan out. I don't have much on the line as far as the races go, so I have afforded myself the option of 'wait and see'. I'm waiting in Park City, while others are seeing whats going on up there. If reports come back positive, I'll likely head up on Monday (tomorrow) or Tuesday. If not, I'd be happy here at home over the holiday.

It has been roughly 15 years since I had a Thanksgiving in Park City. I wouldn't mind another one some day soon.

The last weeks in school we have been swimming. I've been working with the kids who haven't spent as much time in the water as the majority of the class. Many of my crew were unable to swim at all when we began, and now most of them can swim the length of the pool without stopping. Treading water and floating are a different story but we are planning on sorting that out next week. It is pretty awesome to see how much of a difference a little one on one instruction can make for these kids. Its a lot of fun.

All for now. Have a good Thanksgiving. Z