Today is D-3 and things are becoming more real and clearer as the hours go by.  I cleaned and packed up the road bike today since I will be doing most of my final training on my time trial bike.  I also have everything packed out clothing wise and thats where I am going to have some magic happen.  After having a record breaking unseasonable warm week Montreal has been plunged back ino the throws of late winter , temps for the first race will be mid thirties with winds 20 mph off the water so figuring aerodynamic clothing to race in that weather is a challenge!

Mentaly I try to stay netural this far out there is not much one can do other than plan and plan and maintain a positive attitude and that in it self is a full time job.  I remember listing to a recording by the late Coach Jim Valvano and he said the only secret to success he ever found, the one magic thing he could ever think of was: Jim + Motivation = SUCCESS and you know he is right I can't motivate anyone really other than my self daily, but the magic is ME + MOTIVATION = SUCCESS and I have to tell you that is a full time job.  When you get to a point folks think your success is like over night and that is so far from the truth!  Leading a successful life isn't the lottery nore is it a sprint it is more like one of those Ultra Marathons and you have to take things one moment at a time and hopefully you picked the right direction most of the time, some times training and or life simply suck and some times you just screw up! NO one lives a perfect life the last guy that did was murdered.  The key is to add up alot of small success and Never Never Never ever quit!

You can beat me down, call me names and spit on me but in the end I am only going to my knees and when I get up its best to not be around, and you won't be, I'll be the last man standing.  Why you ask, well simply put I have solid faith that I will!