A new week will soon begin.

Well I am working a ngihtshift weekend again. I have had a day of rest and a night of work. Good luck meant I left my keys on the terminal. This meant I did not run home this morning, instead the car took me quickly to bed. I had an early (given the lack of time avaiable for sleep) meeting before work. I rested very well falling asleep quickly and rapidly ended up in the aforementioned and nightshift mode all at once. I have all the kit I need and the promise of not freezing conditions for the road home, not to mention a little more fuel in the tank.

Week two of the planned plan start Monday as usual with rest. An added treat is a massage, which I know will do good but at the same time I know will hurt in certain places. Practicing the quick drift to the "happy place" I am sure helps my mental training for BIG days as much as the physical benefits of the routine. So far so good, positive feelings are overwhelming this week and a feeling of lets get on with the tough stuff is there. I know that is good so I am being ofrever patient, no rush, solid consistent effort. There will be plenty of time and days when fast, hard, all out training will be needed, just not now, not so soon.

I have lately decided on and practiced a few technics I like for events. The one I like the most is to visualise myself in two parts. The body works away like a machine my inner mind is the control and monitoring location. I sit in my own head and monitor feelings, output, sweat, effort, system response and so forth. I make sure there temperatures are correct. I check that I have enough fuel available. I maintain flexibility and monitor for damage or fatigue correcting or adjusting as I go. I also concentrate on efficient use of energy making sure lazy options do not reduce performance or injure the machine.

Second is a good one I am saving for nicer days when there is more energy around. I move along head up happy on the inside at least absorbing energy from people, the Sun the Earth. My person is the focus of as much of the energy around that I can visualise, I imagine the flow of this around me and in me protecting assisting as I travel.

lets see what 10miles a 0530 feels like tomorrow morning, then revisit these thoughts.