Ready?

The range of emotions I've felt this past week has been crazy. I've been up and down like a yo yo, feeling anxious, excited, nervous and even fearful of what's about to begin. Training, the athlete program and a big shock to the body. Im checking the Team Vic website eagerly looking forward to seeing when we start back there. As for Team Carlo, were meant to be at airport west this week.
I would like to say to myself that I've kept really fit and done everything I set out to do over the break. Yes I have been really pro active with the hamstring conditioning and have also increased my flexibility but I didn't get around to doing any sprints. It's a bit of a let down as I know that it's something I need to work on. It really is hard to get motivated to do something when you dislike it and for me running laps is terribly boring.
Of course Im excited to get back into training. Then there's those thoughts and fears of how is my hamstring. Is it fully healed and can I do everything I want to with it? Its been over three months since I've trained at this elite level so Im expecting to be exhausted and real sore this week.
With all these thoughts on my mind I've had a chance to reflect a little about how I want my first week back to be like. The body is getting older and needs a little more time to warm up so Em intending on jogging for 10 minutes prior to class then doing some light stretching just to really be sure I don't do a silly injury. Its probably the biggest concern on my mind.
On top of that I want my output in class to be no higher than 70%. This is something which is really hard to judge when your training so I'm thinking of mentioning it to the guys in class.
Lastly on my days off I intend on having a high focus on recovery. For me its becoming more and more critical and I can really notice the benefit during the next class.
I think I'm now mentally prepared to start 2011.