It's official, this is my 900th blog post. It seems like only 900 days ago that I started writing this blog.
All my school teachers would be in disbelief if they found out I'd written so many blog posts. In school, it was tough to get an essay out of me on time and when I'd get it back, it was full of red ink.
I bet that no one I went to school with, or at least those that don't do it for a living, have done more writing that me.
The interesting part is I've come to enjoy writing. When I was forced to do it in school, I hated it. When I first started blogging, my entries would take 10 - 20 minutes. Now they average 90 minutes.
Most people don't train 90 minutes a day. If I can work, train, party and fit in 90 minutes of blogging a day, no one has any excuse that they don't have the time to train.
When I started, my first regular followers were John Barclay, followed by Johan Stemmet and my Mom. For the first 2 years I'd get about 10 hits a day with very slow growth. Now I'm averaging about 150 per day and growing month over month. I guess it's gotten more interesting.
Judging from the lack of comments on a recent post when I asked readers to identify themselves, I've come to realize my followers are pretty much "lurkers". Which I have no problem with. I'm certain a lot of them are family, friends, co-workers and customers. From the data I get, many daily hits come from Winnipeg.
The worst thing I did was start asking for donations. It has caused me to put more pressure on myself to deliver good content, which is another word for "living life to the fullest" or "living hard" every single day. The more I serendipity live, I find the better the blog posts.
Unfortunately, this week has so far been vanilla by Training Payne standards. Lots of mundane work related stuff. Although I did get on a twitter role tonight and was making fun of peoples comments in a jokingly 140 characters way.
The one thing I do know is I'm tired. Last night I was up until 12:30am and his morning I was up at 5 am to drive my mom to the airport. It was nice having her come visit. With a full day of work, I didn't have one moment of downtime until 5 pm when I crashed on the sofa.
I'm also in the process of launching an online triathlon related website and it's been taking up all my spare time. Which isn't much. It's something I've been sporadically working on for the past 10 months and it's FINALLY close to launching.
I'll keep you posted, as I'm looking for honest feedback. Hopefully it takes off and keeps Alice and Alyssa busy and me in the financial lifestyle to which I've been accustomed. And, as the site is sponsoring the Captain, there is some nice training and racing write offs. You'll see the marketing tie in shortly.
Today I didn't train. I was beat and it was a short scheduled session that I can easily do tomorrow, which is a national holiday. With only 24 days until Ironman Lake Placid, I'm feeling pretty good. I've definitely got the base to do it.
The only thing I need to do more of is speed work. Racing two earlier Ironmans and allowing recovery time has screwed that up. It's an important part of my focus for the next three weeks if I'm going to have any sort of fast time. I think I'm just on the bubble and can still get some major benefits from speed work. That is one of the reasons I raced last Sunday, I wanted to jump start my speed work.
One last thing. My PFG merchandise arrived today. It is sweet. I got a sleeve less shirt, a beer stein, a label and a clock. They all look awesome and the quality is amazing. The beer stein alone is worth buying. Alice and the kids think is beautiful and Alice wants me to buy another one, so when I die, each of the kids can get one.
I even used the Stein tonight. The only thing I need to get used to is not seeing the beer. It's a little weird drinking and not knowing how much you have left. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing yet. If you're PFG and you order any of the merchandise, you won't be disappointed.
Also, sorry about the delay in replying to the comments. I'm about two or three days behind. I love them, so please keep them coming. I will respond.
Recovery and Break in PFG Beer Stein Day.
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After I complete Steelhead I will purchase PFG merchandise. I need to prove that I have earned the PFG Title haha.
So seeing Naz in the video yesterday... got me thinking, is he still working? Haven't heard much on his career lately.
I figured you had a lot of lurkers. Most people don't even read the comments I bet. I think your comments are hilarious, I will get them throughout the day and start laughing, you have a nice group of followers (most smart asses like myself).
Hope you enjoyed the recovery day!
Flic the bic x 5
T-Minus 9 days until I can wear my PFG gear!
Hey Bryan,
I am one of your regular followers(lurkers). Have read daily for about 5 months now. You asked a few blogs back about why people follow, and I would say I follow more from the triathlon point of view then the partying one. Even though I think the party part is very funny and enjoy reading that as well. But I really started following when I would read about the 5 and 6 hour rides on the indoor trainer as you were getting ready for China, and the struggling to get out there to train late at night after having a full day of family and work. I was also amazed at how you could get up and train after some of your late nights. Good luck in placid, I will be racing as well. My first full iron distance race. I am in full agreement that 70.3 and longer is the only way to go when racing triathlon.
I always check back for your comments, they are a freaking riot.
I can't keep my mouth shut. SO if I get to your blog you will most likely hear from me.
Looking forward to hearing more about the new project!
B
I haven't left a comment on your blog lately but as you mentioned my name I need to leave one, haha.
Actually I was so busy with year end and a new opportunity that I just read your blog on my way to work and it's a bit difficult to read at 140km/h never mind typing a comment.
Thanks for the mention, I just came across your blog by chance and enjoyed it so much as I saw myself when I read it.
I found it interesting from day 1( for me) and you're right it's like a blogger's sopie, reading and living Bryan's day for a split moment.
You need to get your act together, you can't say in one sentence you can party, train, work, blog for hrs, etc, etc, all in one day and in the next sentence say you crashed on the sofa at 5pm, HTFU, haha
One question, talking about donation. does your mother contribute or doesn't see believe in giving you money for beer? haha
With IMLP being almost impossible to get in if you're not at the venue, We need to look at an alternative for 2011 to do together, what do you suggest?
Maybe Louisville or Wiscounsin?
Enjoy!
Johan
M, I hear yah, but you should buy it to wear to Steelhead, nothing like a little motivational pressure. haha. Yes, he's still working part time at the fish market area of the store. Thanks for the reminder, I need to HELP him find a full time job. I agree, the comments are the best, yours especially. Thanks for the handle on the kegerator. 5X. haha.
D, good luck, go hard and order medium.
BK, thanks for the info. Hey, keep in touch and I'm going to be having a post Ironman party on Monday at one of the bars. Feel free to check back or send me an email to brybrarobry@me.com Good luck in Placid.
M, hahaha, I love your comments, keep them coming. I don't care what the other say, I don't mind your big mouth. haha.
J, no worries bro. I hope the new opportunity works out for you, so long as it means more money and less work. haha. Yes, you're right, I need to HTFU, although I did wake up and get started right again, it was really a power nap. Kind of like recharging my laptop. haha. No, my mom hasn't contributed to the blog, however, I got the money in advance when I was a kid and my brother and I used to take money out of her purse. haha. I think we'll get into Placid. I better start working on that. If not, Louisville would be second choice. Wisconsion is about a 10 hour drive.
B
same deal with the lurkers on my blog...I watch em watch but they dont always talk....great journey mate! http://runnershigh-paul.blogspot.com/
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