2 days after my 3rd 70.3 IM in Rapperswil-Jona

I got a wake-up call. The race was soooooOOOooo bad. It took way too long (7:13 hrs). As I read in a post:

"every time you stay out late...
every time you sleep in....
every time you have another drink...
every time you miss a workout...
every time you eat junk food...
every time you don't give 100% and then some...
YOU MAKE IT THAT MUCH EASIER FOR ME TO BEAT YOU!!!"

So, I was beaten severly and have to change quite some things to get ready for the IM Zurich. It will be a transitional change for me. Triathlon is becoming a lifestyle rather than an event driven approach. Since I already finished an IM and several races.

"NO D.N.F." was my motto last sunday and in life.

Some more motivational quotes/quotations I found at "IamTri":

"Everyone has a limit. Not everyone finds out where it is!" (Erox)

"You're going to reap just what you sow." (Lou Reed - Perfect Day)

Courage to Start, Strength to Endure, Resolve to finish

"The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle"

Whenever I am struggling, which is usually during the swim, I remember Dory from Finding Nemo: "Just keep swimming swimming, swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming swimming..."

"Understand that this is not a dress rehearsal. This is it -- your life. Face your fears and live your dreams. Take it all in, yes, every chance you get. Come close. And by all means, whatever you do, get it on film." -Jon Blais
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vrjp2P0GlE

"Tri, and understand it"

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional!

"Let me win. But if I can not win let me be brave in the attempt"

"You can quit and they won't care, but you will always know"
Commander John Collins, Creator of Ironman

Pain and smart training

Sometimes we just have to go through some pain:
http://ironmanlife.blogspot.com/2008/03/bright-side-of-pain.html

Sometimes I guess it is good to quitt training sessions or high intensity training.

Sometimes I just quote the saying: "pain is weakness leaving the body."

Quotes - RAIN & Train

Found two nice quotes on a website:

"If it ain't raining - we ain't training!" (Marines)
"Mess with the best - die like the rest" (Marines)

Some nice (triathlon) quotes:

"THE ONLY EASY DAY WAS YESTERDAY" US Navy SEALs

"Pain is weakness leaving the body." - US Marine Corps

"If you're going to be a horse, be a horse." John Mclindon, quoting his father. 1998

"So What?"

"Some people consider the marathon the ultimate endurance event. We consider it a cool down." - SBR MultiSports Werbung

"Fidus Ultra Finem" ("Faithful Beyond the End") 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment

"You never know - until you tri"

"If triathlon was easy, they would have called it football"

“It doesn’t get any easier; you just get faster.”- Greg Lemond

"Life is Simple. Triathlon. Swim. Bike. Run. Eat. Sleep." - Unbekannt

"Ironman is a swim, a bike and a run. That’s what I do almost every day of my life."- Peter Reid

"Pain is about seeing how strong you are mentally."- Unbekannt

"If God invented marathons to keep people from doing anything more stupid, triathlon must have taken Him completely by surprise." P. Z. Pearce

"It's not a challenge until you're fucked up."- Unbekannt

"The answer is hard work. What are you doing on Christmas Eve? Are you riding your bike? January 1st - are you riding your bike?"- Lance Armstrong

"Don't be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of."- Charles Richards

“A winner is a loser who was willing to fail and get up, fail and get up, fail and get up, fail and get up and win.”- Peter Zafra

“You can quit and no one will really care….but you will always know.” - John Colins

"It becomes almost addictive. Once you’ve done it once, you wanna do it again."
- Peter Reid

“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the Gift.”- Steve Prefontaine

"Triathlon doesn't build character. It reveals it."- Unbekannt

"There is no can't in Ironman."- Unbekannt

"If you challenge yourself to finish an Ironman, you can do anything."- Unbekannt

"Triathletes have the capacity to propel their body at high speeds, through wind and weather over long distances. I call that flying." - Unbekannt

"There’s no better sense of accomplishment in life than finishing an Ironman."
- Unbekannt

"Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete."- Willie Shoemaker

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."- Thomas Edison

"A champion is someone who gets up, even when they can't"- Natalie Rogers

"STABILIS VICTORIA"(Support the Victory)103D CHEMICAL BATTALION

“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”- Michael Jordan

"This is about limits. Reaching them, exploring them, exceeding them what you thought yours were. Coming to the conclusion that there aren't any limits."- Unbekannt

"...you'll do it the way you do anything - start at the beginning and continue to the end by way of the middle (to quote Alice)", Alison http://www.throughth3wall.com/2007/05/wildflower-pep-talk.html