Well it has clearly been a while, make that a long time, since I have blogged about anything! When we rang in the new year (ie: sitting on the couch with eyes propped open attempting to stay up until midnight) I decided that taking some time to make some thoughtful reflections was a must for the new year. Furthermore, 2012 is going to be a racing packed year as I build up to Age Group World's in Auckland NZ in October, and I figured what better platform to try to raise some money and awareness for Crohn's and Colitis! The last two years have been a roller coaster ride for my stomach and the more I learn about this somewhat elusive disease, the more I become convinced that I can do something, however big or small, to help find a cause and cure!
Since my last blog post, 2.5 years ago, there have been a few major life events: August 15th, 2010 got married to Mr. Kennedy. I am still trying to convince him we should go by KenWood but so far so luck! September 2009 I left corporate Calgary and headed back to school to fulfill a life time dream to do my teaching degree. Although the outcome wasn't quite what I had planned, teaching taught me that one needs to roll with the punches so I am doing just that and am back in corporate Calgary working with a great team where we spend at least a half hour a day on the topic of biking, running or swimming! Add into that Mom and Dad conquering Everest (basecamp but still a huge accomplishment), Dad completing his first ever Ironman, and Brother Stevie completing his Real Estate license and getting engaged, and needless to say there hasn't been a dull moment!
On that note I am going to keep this short as it is late and tomorrow morning is an early one so that I can hit up a 8am APH bike session in the hills of Tuscany (just up the road from Tuscany Drive - no vineyards and olive trees).
Until next time, namaste :-)
Friday, January 20, 2012
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Wasa
This past weekend was filled with anticipation, a few nerves, good experiences and great memories. Sunday morning, after having neurotically layed out my "stuf" in transition, after having had my wetsuit done up once only to have to take a quick pee... again, after getting well wishes from Mom and Dad, there I was, wading knee deep in Lake Wasa thinking to myself "I am actually doing this". I first got the tri bug 6 years ago when I started cycling and then again two years ago. When I committed to 70.3 back in December it seemed like a distant dream. sure, anyone can swim, bike and run but let's face it, putting them all together poses a whole other set of challenges. Standing there in Wasa Lake, looking around at the 258 other women then out to the four orange buoys that would soon become the "goal", I was overcome by a fair bit of emotion. I am actually here. I am actually here healthy, my stomach in check and oddly enough not experiencing those crazy nerves that seemed to characterize each bike race (hard to be nervous when you don't really know what to expect)! Finally the race director yells "GO" and off we are. I seeded myself towards the front of the group figuring it might be a little safer. The first 5 minutes or so were a little crazy but by buoy #1, things seemed to have sorted themselves out. I managed to settle into a good rythm and only veered off a few times. I did managed to get two huge face fulls of water and on both occasions I had to stop, tread some water and cough up my lungs!
Coming out of the water I felt really strong. I knew that the bike was my opportunity to make up any and all lost time on the swim. I hit transition. Now for those of you who think that triathletes are these overly organized, anal people, let me tell you, we have no choice. Not unless you want to spend valuable minutes in transition trying to find your stuff. My wetsuit came off super easy, I threw on my jersey, socks, shoes, helment and off I went. Between transition and the 20km turn around I passed about 30 women. I had one woman "attack" but I countered that and that was the last I saw of her. Coming back in on the bike I held my position and finished strong. I did have to pull back slightly about half way into the bike as I could feel my quads starting to tighten a little. So now back to transition..... rack the bike, helmet and shoes off, hat and running shoes on and off I went. The first km was fine and then I really started to feel my quads and my feet were really hot (have since learned talcum powder should help with this). But I pressed on. My goal was to not let any women I had passed on the bike pass me on the run.... the advantage of a course with two out and backs is that it makes it really easy to see where you are relative to any competition. I wasn't running quite as fast as I had wanted but given my quads were getting tighter my the moment, as long as I was running I was good. Finally the finish line and I rounded out the top 15 women!
It was a really great event. Yes there was the last minute decision to leave my fancy and aero P3 at home in favor of actually being able to run off the bike, so I put some clip ons on my trusty 6-13. Yes I am already playing it over in my mind as to where I should have pushed harder. But.... all that said, I am really proud of myself. It was a really positive first experience and I am really looking forward to this weekend's race here in Calgary..... now just have to do last weekend's race distances X 2!
I would like to say a huge THANKS to Mom and Dad for coming down to Wasa with me. It meant the world to have them there. Also, a huge thanks to Jack, Laurel, Jon, Megan and Kelly for all of their help over the last 6 months.
So stay tooned for my race report from this coming weekend. It should be an interesting one!
... And a few pics (I still haven't mastered uploading them to this blog!)
Mom and Me post race
Heading out on the run
Coming out of the water I felt really strong. I knew that the bike was my opportunity to make up any and all lost time on the swim. I hit transition. Now for those of you who think that triathletes are these overly organized, anal people, let me tell you, we have no choice. Not unless you want to spend valuable minutes in transition trying to find your stuff. My wetsuit came off super easy, I threw on my jersey, socks, shoes, helment and off I went. Between transition and the 20km turn around I passed about 30 women. I had one woman "attack" but I countered that and that was the last I saw of her. Coming back in on the bike I held my position and finished strong. I did have to pull back slightly about half way into the bike as I could feel my quads starting to tighten a little. So now back to transition..... rack the bike, helmet and shoes off, hat and running shoes on and off I went. The first km was fine and then I really started to feel my quads and my feet were really hot (have since learned talcum powder should help with this). But I pressed on. My goal was to not let any women I had passed on the bike pass me on the run.... the advantage of a course with two out and backs is that it makes it really easy to see where you are relative to any competition. I wasn't running quite as fast as I had wanted but given my quads were getting tighter my the moment, as long as I was running I was good. Finally the finish line and I rounded out the top 15 women!
It was a really great event. Yes there was the last minute decision to leave my fancy and aero P3 at home in favor of actually being able to run off the bike, so I put some clip ons on my trusty 6-13. Yes I am already playing it over in my mind as to where I should have pushed harder. But.... all that said, I am really proud of myself. It was a really positive first experience and I am really looking forward to this weekend's race here in Calgary..... now just have to do last weekend's race distances X 2!
I would like to say a huge THANKS to Mom and Dad for coming down to Wasa with me. It meant the world to have them there. Also, a huge thanks to Jack, Laurel, Jon, Megan and Kelly for all of their help over the last 6 months.
So stay tooned for my race report from this coming weekend. It should be an interesting one!
... And a few pics (I still haven't mastered uploading them to this blog!)
Mom and Me post race
Heading out on the run
Coming out of the water.....
Jack and I post-race
Jack and I post-race
Calgary Half Marathon.... the pitter patter of thousands of feet!
May 31 saw my first race of the year, The Calgary Half Marathon. Having done a half last year with no training, I was really curious to see how things would go given the amount of running I have been doing. The day started with my alarm going off at 4:45.... a nice sane rising time for the weekend! I shoved down a couple pieces of toast and headed off to pick up Jack and then my Mom. The race had a new venue and course this year. It started over in Bridgeland where the old General Hospital once stood. The race course basically wound around the zoo, through downtown and then dumped us on to Memorial where we did an out and back section. But I jump ahead. It was really fun to be back at a running race, they are always really well organized and seem to run like clock work... not to mention you the race tshirts are always great!
After seeding myself at the front end of the race we were off! Nothing like that burst of adrenaline to run a 3:50 first km! I would say the first 10km went really well, came through in about 45 minutes which was where I wanted to be. After that, from about km12 to km16 it started to feel some cramping in my hamstrings and started to loose focus, I knew things were off kilter when I had to stop at two water stations. Once I saw that 16km sign, I finally got back into the game and finished my last 5km really strong. All in all my final time was 1:37:30..... not quite the time I was hoping for but a respectable time. Oh yes and apparently while racing I can't do math. I figured that if I came through 10km in 45mins then I would be able to run a 1:30 race. Yea.... forgot to factor in that 1km extra..... so all in I was only about 3 minutes over where I wanted to be. Something to aim for next time!
All in all it felt really good to tie up the laces and hit the pavement. I don't know if the course was the most interesting (probably because I run a good part of it on a regular basis) but still good to get out and challenge the body!
Next up.... Wasa Lake Triathlon!
After seeding myself at the front end of the race we were off! Nothing like that burst of adrenaline to run a 3:50 first km! I would say the first 10km went really well, came through in about 45 minutes which was where I wanted to be. After that, from about km12 to km16 it started to feel some cramping in my hamstrings and started to loose focus, I knew things were off kilter when I had to stop at two water stations. Once I saw that 16km sign, I finally got back into the game and finished my last 5km really strong. All in all my final time was 1:37:30..... not quite the time I was hoping for but a respectable time. Oh yes and apparently while racing I can't do math. I figured that if I came through 10km in 45mins then I would be able to run a 1:30 race. Yea.... forgot to factor in that 1km extra..... so all in I was only about 3 minutes over where I wanted to be. Something to aim for next time!
All in all it felt really good to tie up the laces and hit the pavement. I don't know if the course was the most interesting (probably because I run a good part of it on a regular basis) but still good to get out and challenge the body!
Next up.... Wasa Lake Triathlon!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Spring is in the air..... and chocolate is on the way out!
Well the last few weeks have been filled with much emotion. As I mentioned in earlier posts, I really noticed that my stomach was acting up towards the end of march. Things haven't become worse but at the same time they haven't improved. A sigmoidoscopy (the scope about the forst 40cm of so of your colon) revealed considerable inflammation. The good news is that the inflammation is in the same place it has always been which further proves the diagnosis of colitis. The bad news that came down the line was that it was time to seriously consider a course of treatment. Remicade was mentioned. After some reading I was starting to sway towards it thinking, let's give it a try and see what happens, definitely easier said than done. However, after some more searching I was back on that fence, questioning whether the possible outcome was worth the risk. This past week my wonderful doctor took some time to respond to an email of mine outlining my concerns in regards to my training and ultimately my successful completion of Calgary 70.3. He said I could try some 5-asa again but that a reaction would probably arise. He then brought up two "atlernative" medicines, which oddly enough I had just come across in a book I had been reading. The first is Aloe Vera juice - it is supposed to soothe inflammation, heal raw wounds as well as have anitviral properties. The second is Curcumin - it is the main ingredient in tumeric. It took has anti-inflammatory effects as well inteferes with NF-kB which is linked to inflammation and is the same factor that the immunosuppressant drugs look to put on hold. I am really optimistic going into this. I have also made some changes to my diet, including weening myself from chocolate and am working on sugar. Am trying to avoid milk and have switched to rice pasta. David, thanks for doing this with me. I totally agree that rice pasta resembles soggy cardboard!
I would like to take a moment an say a HUGE THANKS to my parents and David. Dealing with this can quickly become all consuming and one giant emotional roller coaster. David is always there, pokes the occasional joke when the time is right just to make me smile, hugs me when I am having a melt down, and in his very David way says it like it is which always seems to provide clarity. My mom and dad are my pillars, without them helping me along this journey I would have a tough time keeping my head above it all. I never thought that b.ms would be such a topic of conversation, ah well, what is family for if they can't be there through the good, the bad and the crappy (my attempt at humor).
On a training note: Last weekend Santa came and I got my long awaited Blue Seventy Helix wetsuit. I am super excited to get into some open water and become one with it! My swimming is coming along really well. Back in January I didn't think I would be anticipating my Mon/Wed/Fri swims quite so much. I am continually working on my stroke in hopes that one day I will keep pace with Jack on the pull! Last weekend saw a Talisman Tri Club training camp. I opted to do my own workout the Saturday but joined up for the group ride south of the city on the Sunday. It was so much fun to be out riding with others. We rode 773 to hiway 549 then out towards Millarville (I will admit that Dave is right when he says the riding down there is much better than up north). I don't think a person could train down south and not be good at hills…. they are everywhere! Running too is going well. May 31 is the Calgary Half marathon. I am really interested to see how this is going to go. As much as I say I am just going to run it and see how things turn out, to run a 1:30 would put me over the moon and be the perfect intro into June which will see Wasa and the Chinook 1/2. Now if only I could get my shoe situation sorted out (I am now sporting a hideous blister in my right arch…. am thinking some duct tape action will be in order for Sunday's run).
Well on that note, I will sign off. Time to pack up and head home for a night of csi… amazing how much time there is when one does their run at 5:30!
I would like to take a moment an say a HUGE THANKS to my parents and David. Dealing with this can quickly become all consuming and one giant emotional roller coaster. David is always there, pokes the occasional joke when the time is right just to make me smile, hugs me when I am having a melt down, and in his very David way says it like it is which always seems to provide clarity. My mom and dad are my pillars, without them helping me along this journey I would have a tough time keeping my head above it all. I never thought that b.ms would be such a topic of conversation, ah well, what is family for if they can't be there through the good, the bad and the crappy (my attempt at humor).
On a training note: Last weekend Santa came and I got my long awaited Blue Seventy Helix wetsuit. I am super excited to get into some open water and become one with it! My swimming is coming along really well. Back in January I didn't think I would be anticipating my Mon/Wed/Fri swims quite so much. I am continually working on my stroke in hopes that one day I will keep pace with Jack on the pull! Last weekend saw a Talisman Tri Club training camp. I opted to do my own workout the Saturday but joined up for the group ride south of the city on the Sunday. It was so much fun to be out riding with others. We rode 773 to hiway 549 then out towards Millarville (I will admit that Dave is right when he says the riding down there is much better than up north). I don't think a person could train down south and not be good at hills…. they are everywhere! Running too is going well. May 31 is the Calgary Half marathon. I am really interested to see how this is going to go. As much as I say I am just going to run it and see how things turn out, to run a 1:30 would put me over the moon and be the perfect intro into June which will see Wasa and the Chinook 1/2. Now if only I could get my shoe situation sorted out (I am now sporting a hideous blister in my right arch…. am thinking some duct tape action will be in order for Sunday's run).
Well on that note, I will sign off. Time to pack up and head home for a night of csi… amazing how much time there is when one does their run at 5:30!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Spring Time.... Maybe
Well it seems as though spring has finally found its way to Calgary. After a very dismal start to the month when roller rides and indoor track workouts were the flavor of each day, this past Easter weekend leant itself to one phenomenal run and three great rides. Like any true Calgarian I donned my shorts as well and am starting to see my Tucson farmers tan come back to life!
So an update I suppose......
Training wise the last month has gone really well. I am sticking with the program (no surprise to those who know me) and am feeling the fittest I have felt in many years. Last Saturday I spent two hours chasing down cyclists out west of Cochrane. On the bike path, I feel the need to pick off all those runners in front of me. It is truly a wonderful feeling to see many months of hard work coming together. I might also add here that swimming continues on the up and up.... now if only I had enough arm power to keep pace with Jack during the "pull" portion of our workouts! Last weekend on TSN was coverage from the 2008 70.3 world championships from Florida. Now that was motivating. It was great to watch the pros in action, observe their strategy and form. It makes me want to work that much harder, to push that much further and race that much faster!
Health wise things have been up and down. I would say that I am in the midst of a flare up. It has been three weeks on these lesser used, less harsh drugs. Although I have yet to see my symptoms do a 180 and do back to normal, I have energy and am able to carry on my daily routines. I have a sneaking suspicion that the doctor will be recommending a different course of action in the near future as results have been scarce to date. If I have learned anything over the last month or so, it is to just take everything in stride. Yes, I went and researched possible treatment options, scared the crap out of me, cried a little and of course talked to my Mom. However, I finally told myself that for now I will just go with the flow. Talk to the doctor when I can, listen to his recommendations and go forward from there.
So all in all things have been really good. I am really looknig forward to the month of May with a possible trip to Kelowna for some early season riding, followed by the Calgary 1/2 Marathon at the end of the month. Geeze, the more I think of it, Wasa Lake will be here before I know it..... now if only Speed Theory would call and say their wetsuits have come in!
On that note, I will finish this post. Only three more hours till I haul on out of the office and hit the road for some MAP intervals (for those of you not in with the cycling ling, MAP hurts like heck). Gotta love it!
Health wise the
So an update I suppose......
Training wise the last month has gone really well. I am sticking with the program (no surprise to those who know me) and am feeling the fittest I have felt in many years. Last Saturday I spent two hours chasing down cyclists out west of Cochrane. On the bike path, I feel the need to pick off all those runners in front of me. It is truly a wonderful feeling to see many months of hard work coming together. I might also add here that swimming continues on the up and up.... now if only I had enough arm power to keep pace with Jack during the "pull" portion of our workouts! Last weekend on TSN was coverage from the 2008 70.3 world championships from Florida. Now that was motivating. It was great to watch the pros in action, observe their strategy and form. It makes me want to work that much harder, to push that much further and race that much faster!
Health wise things have been up and down. I would say that I am in the midst of a flare up. It has been three weeks on these lesser used, less harsh drugs. Although I have yet to see my symptoms do a 180 and do back to normal, I have energy and am able to carry on my daily routines. I have a sneaking suspicion that the doctor will be recommending a different course of action in the near future as results have been scarce to date. If I have learned anything over the last month or so, it is to just take everything in stride. Yes, I went and researched possible treatment options, scared the crap out of me, cried a little and of course talked to my Mom. However, I finally told myself that for now I will just go with the flow. Talk to the doctor when I can, listen to his recommendations and go forward from there.
So all in all things have been really good. I am really looknig forward to the month of May with a possible trip to Kelowna for some early season riding, followed by the Calgary 1/2 Marathon at the end of the month. Geeze, the more I think of it, Wasa Lake will be here before I know it..... now if only Speed Theory would call and say their wetsuits have come in!
On that note, I will finish this post. Only three more hours till I haul on out of the office and hit the road for some MAP intervals (for those of you not in with the cycling ling, MAP hurts like heck). Gotta love it!
Health wise the
Monday, March 23, 2009
Typical Calgary Spring Time
Well as predicted the first few days of spring in Calgary were greeted with a nice snow storm that started Saturday night and continued through yesterday morning. All in all, Dave and I figure we shoveled about 35cm of snow off the drive way yesterday. It was definitely a two person job and today my arms are killing me! (I meant to take a pic but got a little side tracked yesterday). As much as I would like to say how much this stinks, how Calgary weather is the pits sometimes, it is March in Calgary which brings a mixed bag of weather and one just needs to go with the flow (though another trip back down to Tucson right about now would be quite nice!).
Training over the last two weeks has gone really well. I did another 500m TT on W. March 11th and was really happy with my time. In the 50m pool I managed to swim an 8:05. My best time to date was an 8:01 in the 25m pool but it wasn't a "clean" swim. In otherwords, by the end of it I was basically flailing my arms to get me through it. Both Jack and I agreed that yes it was fast but not quite as "pretty" as either of us would have liked. Now typically when one gets into the bigger pool one's time tends to increase as you have less "breaks" because you are only hitting the wall 3 times over 100m rather than 6 times. However, we have been training in the bigger pool Monday and Wednesdays and I make a point to swim Friday mornings when the pool is available. So back to the 500m TT.... The first 100m was a blazing 1:27 (much faster than my anticipated 1:40ish). The remaining lengths came in slightly more on par. All in all it felt great. I got to the end comfortably feeling like if I had to go further I could. A "clean" swim by my standards! Cycling and running have been going well, however, a stressful four days at work last week left me very tired and my stomach has taken a turn for the worse.
Two weeks ago I went to see the GI doctor. As much as he and I both want to optimisitic that things can stay on the up and up withouth any sort of help, we both know that when dealing with colitis that isn't a very realistic approach to take. Also, back in the scope from December Dr. Devlin took some biopsies of what appeared to be healthy looking tissue to see if it was in fact healthy (under the microscope). It turns out that some of what looks like healthy tissue is in fact inflamed. He guesstimated that I was at about 75/80% of "being good".
For some reason, like clock work, about three days after my appointment my stomach seemed to do a 180 and took a turn for the worse. Although it is not nearly as bad as it has been in the past I know that just ignoring does nothing but make things worse. So after a few melt downs, a few sessions of getting mad and a few training sessions that were just not up to snuff, I called his office to let them know what was going on. As far as treatment goes..... I am a death before steroids type of person. Yes they work and put a person into remission quickly, however, the side effects are nasty and can be long lasting. The typical drug that they recommend to try first is known as a 5-ASA line of drugs.... basically an anti-inflammatory. Unfortunately, after two test runs of two different brands ending in an increase in symptoms (imagine a really bad flu) it was deteremined that no 5-ASA is an option. That significantly decreases the options available. The next step appears to be looking at immunosuppressants. A scary thought and unfortunately it seems that the only way to approach treatment is by trial and error. This is something that I am still trying to wrap my head around (being a very black and white thinker) and needless to say I will probably continue to do so for some time to come. I know what sets off my stomach, however, unless I win the lottery or Dave strikes it rich some time soon, not working is not an option. The quest to find balance continues. It is not an easy journey but as I am realizing, this will not be going away any time soon so the sooner I can find coping mechanisms the sooner I can learn to live with it rather than live by it.
Well I am sure that this post has put some of you to sleep.... understandably. I just needed to get my thoughts out because let's face it, when you see something actually written down it can shine a whole new light on a situation!
Training over the last two weeks has gone really well. I did another 500m TT on W. March 11th and was really happy with my time. In the 50m pool I managed to swim an 8:05. My best time to date was an 8:01 in the 25m pool but it wasn't a "clean" swim. In otherwords, by the end of it I was basically flailing my arms to get me through it. Both Jack and I agreed that yes it was fast but not quite as "pretty" as either of us would have liked. Now typically when one gets into the bigger pool one's time tends to increase as you have less "breaks" because you are only hitting the wall 3 times over 100m rather than 6 times. However, we have been training in the bigger pool Monday and Wednesdays and I make a point to swim Friday mornings when the pool is available. So back to the 500m TT.... The first 100m was a blazing 1:27 (much faster than my anticipated 1:40ish). The remaining lengths came in slightly more on par. All in all it felt great. I got to the end comfortably feeling like if I had to go further I could. A "clean" swim by my standards! Cycling and running have been going well, however, a stressful four days at work last week left me very tired and my stomach has taken a turn for the worse.
Two weeks ago I went to see the GI doctor. As much as he and I both want to optimisitic that things can stay on the up and up withouth any sort of help, we both know that when dealing with colitis that isn't a very realistic approach to take. Also, back in the scope from December Dr. Devlin took some biopsies of what appeared to be healthy looking tissue to see if it was in fact healthy (under the microscope). It turns out that some of what looks like healthy tissue is in fact inflamed. He guesstimated that I was at about 75/80% of "being good".
For some reason, like clock work, about three days after my appointment my stomach seemed to do a 180 and took a turn for the worse. Although it is not nearly as bad as it has been in the past I know that just ignoring does nothing but make things worse. So after a few melt downs, a few sessions of getting mad and a few training sessions that were just not up to snuff, I called his office to let them know what was going on. As far as treatment goes..... I am a death before steroids type of person. Yes they work and put a person into remission quickly, however, the side effects are nasty and can be long lasting. The typical drug that they recommend to try first is known as a 5-ASA line of drugs.... basically an anti-inflammatory. Unfortunately, after two test runs of two different brands ending in an increase in symptoms (imagine a really bad flu) it was deteremined that no 5-ASA is an option. That significantly decreases the options available. The next step appears to be looking at immunosuppressants. A scary thought and unfortunately it seems that the only way to approach treatment is by trial and error. This is something that I am still trying to wrap my head around (being a very black and white thinker) and needless to say I will probably continue to do so for some time to come. I know what sets off my stomach, however, unless I win the lottery or Dave strikes it rich some time soon, not working is not an option. The quest to find balance continues. It is not an easy journey but as I am realizing, this will not be going away any time soon so the sooner I can find coping mechanisms the sooner I can learn to live with it rather than live by it.
Well I am sure that this post has put some of you to sleep.... understandably. I just needed to get my thoughts out because let's face it, when you see something actually written down it can shine a whole new light on a situation!
Sunday, March 8, 2009
A Wee Glimpse of Spring
Well even though we have been home for just over a week, things have been so busy that other than one great farmers tan, the warm temps and great memories of Tucson are starting to seem like a distant memory. Work was very busy and on Tuesday it finally came to a head, where I needed to stay home for the day and catch up on some much needed sleep. Wednesday brought with it a 3min and 20min TT workout. Not quite the numbers I was hoping to see but seeing as I was still "absorbing" all the riding from a week earlier, I have been told it is all on the up and up!
With a snowstorm predicted for Saturday night I opted to use Saturday to crank out a much needed run. As most runners can attest to, every so often you have a run that is just blissful. Where it feels as though you could run forever. I was really needing to have a good run and it was great! Heck, it was warm enough to wear short pants! As I write this I am looking out at 10cm of fresh snow and -29 degree temps... you just have to love March in Calgary. Monday will bring the start of my next three week block. MAP work out the bike and weekly track workouts to get back on top of my running. I can hardly wait! Add to that my tri-weekly swims and I am really starting to see my fitness come around, YAY.
This week I also had a really good meeting with Jack where we discussed the race season. I will do another post later this week with all of the details on each race. It works out to 5 tris, a few running races and maybe the odd bike race.... there is just more value in using weekends to clock some really strong training hours rather than the whole traveling and racing thing. I am really looking forward to it. My mom has volunteered to be my "groupie" for all away races, so another bonus!
On that note, I am going to sign off. I have the day off from training so will be helping Dave re-do the bonus room as we transform it into a theater room!
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