The Base Phase is about....

getting comfortable. The first three months of Iron Team is considered the "Base Phase"

These are some of the things I'm working on getting comfortable with:
- bicycling in general, descending, climbing, and being in a bike seat for hours at a time
- making sure bike fit is good and bike seat/shorts are comfortable (I've got an appointment w/ my physical therapist to evaluate my bike fit)
- knowing how to change a tire and feel confident changing one (or two) in a race (I'm working on this one. Still not confident with changing a tire)
- running at a good pace, running slowly, and running in the right pair of shoes and socks (Got it!)
- training 6 days a week (working on this, I manage to workout 5 days a week and sometime 6, but boy do I need my long naps on the weekends. I believe it's called recovery and as you age....you need more recovery time, just don't bounce back like I was 20 or 30. But then again nor do cancer patients after a round of Chemo. Gotta keep the focus, as to why I do this. Fund Research. Find a cure and/or better types of treatments)
- getting in that open water and swimming without guidelines (Got this one down! Yippee ;-)
- eating while working out and knowing what tastes good (working on it)
- making time for training (Wow this one is a big one for me. It so hard to find the time to work in all the trainings and it's only the base phase!!! )
- finding people on the team that you can workout with time/skill/location-wise-
- knowing your spots, bike spots, pool, places to run (learning these "spots" and finding new ones all the time.)

While Ironman is still many, many months away. I must continue working on and focus on getting comfortable with myself/team workout locations, focus on the drill work, and time management. Later....I'll work on increasing my strength and ability to train with longer distances .