Not for long, though - they have forecasted 5cm of snow overnight - LOL!
I guess I'll wait a couple more weeks before I put the bike rack back on the Subaru...
For now, it's a beautiful and sunny day and I am dreaming of riding and running outside in the sunshine... enjoying the breeze as it ripples through my long, flowing golden locks... my long, shapely and well-muscled legs moving effortlessly as I traverse all kinds of terrain...oh wait - that's not me... I have short-cropped brunette hair... and I'm only 4'11"... oh well... it was a nice image :)
Race season is coming... race season is coming... not that I'm looking forward to it... much!
I've been trying to talk everyone I meet into racing at Welland this June... let's make it a party with tons of friends!! It's only an hour's drive from home and it's a friendly race. The water is warm and calm. The run and bike courses are flat. There is food at the end. That's a pretty good combination, if you ask me!
I am getting back into the swing of things now - adding back my 3rd weekly swim every Tuesday, as of tonight. It's been 5 months of no Tuesday swims. I'm not sure if I'm more excited or scared...
I've been feeling like a very unsuccesful guppy these days... I'm now the slowest in my lane on both Friday and Sunday morning swims... ugh. I'm not overly competitive... I just hate being the SLOWEST! I'm still hoping that somehow this will turn around for me before the lake is open for business at the end of May. Not that anyone can tell how slow I am in a lake but I'm starting to panic a bit about how much less I can swim in an hour now, compared to 5-6 months ago... luckily I'm not racing a half-iron distance till September 11, 2011, so I have plenty of time to build myself up again (or so people keep telling me).
In the meantime, I am trying to work on balancing out my stroke - bilateral breathing all the way... (to the bottom of the pool is how it feels some days...) but I'm continuing on this quest for a fluid and balanced stroke - no matter how frustrating this is for me. Eventually this will pay off and start coming together. I hope it's soon... it's so hard to be patient with myself...
Happy training everyone!
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Spring Has Arrived! Race Season Plans Are Falling Into Place...
With the arrival of spring (I know, I know... it still may likely snow some more but let me have this day, all right?) I'm finding myself bright-eyed with anticipation of spring road races and then.... yes... it's..... TRIATHLON SEASON!!!!!
Not that I'm excited or anything...
I found myself sitting on the trainer on Sunday, looking out the window, just dying to pull Lily (my Guru) off the trainer and hit the open roads... and then it snowed... again... ah well... it shouldn't be much longer before the sunshine sticks around and although it's apparently going to be a cool spring, isn't that why we have such an array of fabulous and functional clothing and accessories? ;) A few more weeks and then the bike rack is going back on the Subaru and we're off - to the races! Woo hoo!!
This spring promises to be a load of fun - with several girlfriends buying new race bikes, we are already talking about going on group rides - I can't wait!!
I just put some of my race season together with my coach today and so far, it looks like it's going to be lots of fun this year! I'm not going to be doing two half-ironman distance triathlons but that's fine by me... my right shoulder, although much better than it was at the end of last season, has hampered my swimming mileage so I'll just continue to rebuild slowly and keep on doing what I'm doing...
Here's my lineup for 2011 thus far (I'm SO excited!!):
Friday April 22nd - Good Friday 5k
So... what are YOU racing this year???
Not that I'm excited or anything...
I found myself sitting on the trainer on Sunday, looking out the window, just dying to pull Lily (my Guru) off the trainer and hit the open roads... and then it snowed... again... ah well... it shouldn't be much longer before the sunshine sticks around and although it's apparently going to be a cool spring, isn't that why we have such an array of fabulous and functional clothing and accessories? ;) A few more weeks and then the bike rack is going back on the Subaru and we're off - to the races! Woo hoo!!
This spring promises to be a load of fun - with several girlfriends buying new race bikes, we are already talking about going on group rides - I can't wait!!
I just put some of my race season together with my coach today and so far, it looks like it's going to be lots of fun this year! I'm not going to be doing two half-ironman distance triathlons but that's fine by me... my right shoulder, although much better than it was at the end of last season, has hampered my swimming mileage so I'll just continue to rebuild slowly and keep on doing what I'm doing...
Here's my lineup for 2011 thus far (I'm SO excited!!):
Friday April 22nd - Good Friday 5k
- (I dream of pulling off a 30:00 5k - a very lofty goal for me but this year, with or without bunny ears, I will attempt to do this to the best of my ability... I mean... what's the worst that could happen - I don't WIN the race?! ROFL!!!!! Exactly... ;)
- this will be my 3rd time running this event, which has a start line 800m from my front door - you have to love that! It's a nice course, close to home and usually there are many friends and acquaintances out and about on the course (and DOGS!!!) so it's a favourite race of mine...
- no half-iron distance (this year...) but I vow to knock the socks off my race finish time from last year ;)
- my "A" race for the season... I still have lots of time to prepare for this one... it promises to be a fun road trip with hubby and another nice couple that we know have signed up as well so we will have some friends there :)
So... what are YOU racing this year???
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