Well I'm too nervous and too excited to say much right now except to thank all of you for your support and encouragement. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for joining the team by supporting the Arthritis Society through the Joints in Motion Program!
I will not be blogging, Twittering or Face Booking while I am on the trek but I will be keeping a journal and taking many, many, many photos to share with you when I return.
So thank you once again and I'll talk with you when I return!
Namaste
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Final Phase Begins
The hard training is over and we are now half way through the tapering phase of our program. This means that we are training at the same intensity, and the same frequency, but the distances are gradually and systematically decreasing as we get nearer and nearer to our departure date. Tapering permits the body to stay toned and fit, but it also provides a staged rest period that allows the body (and the mind) to repair, prepare and focus for the task ahead.
This can be a frustrating time as you feel strong and full of energy and you just want to keep pushing your training hard - right 'til the gun goes off. But it is also a dangerous phase as it is often now when an athlete will push just a little too much and end up injured right before the race. Now is the time to trust your training, keep the faith, focus on your mental preparation and try to enjoy the taper.
As I have mentioned in an earlier posting, I take great comfort from reading and so as you may have guessed, I have read a few guide books about trekking in the Khumbu region of the Himalaya. I have carried one of these books around for the past year and have scribbled notes in the margins, plastered the pages with sticky notes, and highlighted passages in many different colours. So to cope with the mounting frustration I always feel before a race, and the increasing anxiety that I am feeling about this adventure, I am reviewing my notes over and over and over again.
I have decided to use this blog as my "cheat sheet"; my trek-prep journal. The place where I will review what I think I need to know to be prepared for the trek and where I can share my thoughts, anxieties and rising excitement as I enter the final stages of the training for this trek to the base camp of Mount Everest.
Namaste!
This can be a frustrating time as you feel strong and full of energy and you just want to keep pushing your training hard - right 'til the gun goes off. But it is also a dangerous phase as it is often now when an athlete will push just a little too much and end up injured right before the race. Now is the time to trust your training, keep the faith, focus on your mental preparation and try to enjoy the taper.
As I have mentioned in an earlier posting, I take great comfort from reading and so as you may have guessed, I have read a few guide books about trekking in the Khumbu region of the Himalaya. I have carried one of these books around for the past year and have scribbled notes in the margins, plastered the pages with sticky notes, and highlighted passages in many different colours. So to cope with the mounting frustration I always feel before a race, and the increasing anxiety that I am feeling about this adventure, I am reviewing my notes over and over and over again.
I have decided to use this blog as my "cheat sheet"; my trek-prep journal. The place where I will review what I think I need to know to be prepared for the trek and where I can share my thoughts, anxieties and rising excitement as I enter the final stages of the training for this trek to the base camp of Mount Everest.
Namaste!
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