Already Accomplishing in 2013

I made three Non-Resolutions on January 2. Here is how they're getting ACCOMPLISHED:

1- I'm finishing Steve Job's biography lent to me by a friend who calls it her BIBLE.  Gotta love it.  I have 8 chapters down and I'm getting into the good-and-juicy stuff.

2- I found the perfect product for my myofascial release work and hip loosening : Travel Roller.  I should have it later this week when I return to Québec City after a 9-day training block in Montréal, and I'll tell you WHY it's so cool.

3- This is the most exciting of all : PowerWatts Studio.  I want to push more WATTS.  If you want to get the job done, get yourself hooked up with the right tools.  Power Watts has leading edge training techniques, approaches and facilities.  Just check out their testimonial page to see who they've worked with in the past.

A body composition scan, a resting lactate test, double checking of my new bike measurements, and 1h45 of pure pedaling pleasure were on today's menu.

One of the "hugest" bonuses: I don't have to ask questions about whether I'm training right or not.  Everything from what I'll do before my warm-up to my hardest intensities are written out for me...and when I'm in the red zone and forget everything (it always happens) I just have to look up at the whiteboard to figure out what I should be doing.  That, is my style. AMEN.

Warming up on the rollers at Power Watts.  Lactate testing equipment is beside me, waiting to monitor my levels

My Orbea Orca is sleeping over at the PowerWatts studio, because I'll be back tomorrow and the next day for some more fun...

I love having the right tools to get the job done.

Resolutions of a Non-Believer

New Year's Resolutions: I don't believe in making them because when something needs to be changed, the time is NOW.  Not tomorrow,  not next week, and certainly not at the beginning of the next year. 

But, every one of my good days (there are about 358 of them, annually) I :

I want to be a well-rounded individual...figuratively speaking.  It'll make me a better athlete.  So, I took my reflections from January 1st, and made them into resolutions.  Just for the sake of calling them that.  But they're not "New Year's Resolutions", because I don't believe in that, remember?  Here are 3:

1.  Time to give some loving attention to my imagination and make a bit of an investment into becoming more cultured.  I'm a newspaper addict.  But I need to read more books.  They do the trick, in a way newspapers cannot. I'll take the time to read a book a few days a week.

2.  If you want big success, you've got to pay attention to small details.  My hips and legs are often tight and I could have a more powerful pedal stroke if I loosened them up.  I'll get hooked up with the best myo-fascial release tools, and be diligent about using them.

3. I want to crank out more watts.  There is more than one way to train, and the more you're willing to explore, learn, and discover, the greater the chances are of finding cool ways that work best for you.  I'll scout out some new techniques and training tools from sources that I can put my full trust into.  Because second-guessing and questioning training plans and techniques is not cool, and not effective.

Okay, okay.  One more.  I'm going to create and sport some rockin' nailpolish designs this year.  Just because I like to.  And that, is good for the mind, heart, and soul.  ;)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!