Trust the process

       I have a confession.  I'm scared.  Like really scared that I'm way behind on my training.  I have a coach, and he assures me I'm not behind on my training.  At all.  But here's the thing, I joined this Facebook group (I know, I know, nothing good ever happens on Facebook) for Ironman Florida, and those people, well, they're crazy, I tell ya!  They are out there doing 4-5 hour rides on the weekend and running marathons and swimming 2-3 miles/workout.  And I'm, well, not.  My coach has me focused on shorter workouts right now, building speed.  But I'm scared that because I'm not doing these long workouts now, I won't be able to do them come November.

       My coach says we aren't doing the long workouts right now because we are trying to prevent burnout.  I get it a nine month training plan (as it would be if I started race-specific training right now) would burn me out, no doubt about it.  But, Everyone else is doing it.  And I want to do it too!  Not because I really want those long workouts on my schedule, but because I feel like I'm getting left behind.

       But that's just silly.  My coach knows what he's doing, far more than I know what I'm doing.  In fact, I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing.  So, I'm going to choose to trust the process and hope it works out in my favor.  So, while everyone else is logging three and four hour rides this weekend, I'll do my two-hour workout, just like my coach instructed.  And keep telling myself "trust the process."

       Oh, and maybe I should leave that Facebook group ...