Travel Makes Life Challenging

Well…. I am on the road for the third weekend in a row. It’s just “that time of year”, I guess. It’s SOOO hard to be away from Sarah and our amazing kids, but I don’t EVER want to be “just another dentist”. SOOO many dentists do a course or two and then rest on their laurels for the rest of their careers.

I’ve devoted over 2000 hours of my life (plus travel, etc) over the past 8 years to be the best that I can be in dentistry and life. My team has been INCREDIBLE during that time, too – allowing me to drag them all over the country to learn and grow professionally and personally. It’s just really hard to be away from home so much.

PLUS – training is just about impossible. Last weekend, I had to do a 3.5-hour bike ride on a stationary bike at my hotel in Orlando. Today, I did a 90 min ride in Dallas on another stationary bike. To make matters worse, it was a TIME TRIAL. I warmed up for 30 min, rode HARD for 30 min (as hard as I could), and cooled down for 30 min.

How effective is triathlon training when 30% of it has to be on a random stationary bike? How effective is the running when it has to be short and slow due to an Achilles tear and pain? This is all so challenging and frustrating.

I look forward to being home for a few weeks with my awesome family. I look forward to a few great weeks of training – on my OWN bike. 🙂

The AACD meeting in Dallas will be great. I just needed to vent a little bit! Thanks for listening! 🙂

Jim