Ummm...

So it's yet to be determined if I had a crappy day on the bike yesterday or if I was having mechanical issues. My rear speed release may have been loose or something. In the easiest gear, it felt like the hardest gear. I said that twice during the ride, so maybe that's it.

Regardless, I felt off. And maybe it was because I was working too hard because of the bike. Maybe not. I'm not going to blame anything. I'm going out again today, not the same insane course (although, I'll be back there for sure), but the usual training course I do... I may climb the Pine Street hill a couple of times just because I need to feel like I can do this.

I took one rest day. I felt so winded. Oh well.

After the bike Kevan guested me into Healthtrax (which is like the promised land of gyms) and he took me to a strenght training class. I haven't done serious strength training in almost a year. I dropped it to do yoga full time. Doing both was not productive at the time.

Ahhh Healthtrax. So apparently all the new people I'm meeting are there. It does make the YMCA look like a shack. Everyone says it's expensive. But I sink quite a bit of money into the YMCA every month...

Strenght Training: I think I need to go back to it once a week. I can manage that frequency and hopefully at this rate it will only enhance my yoga. I'll need to drop Pilates though. That's way too much core work for me. My only real concern is that now, I'm much thinner, and I don't want to look too muscle-y...

In a way, that's a good thing. It means my body image in my head is catching up to my real body image. I think it was all the mirrors at Healthtrax. Yikes!

I have a lot of irritating stuff to do today (errands, cleaning, etc), then hopefully I'll get like two hours on the bike.

My car and house are a mess and it's driving me crazy. I've also got to clean the insoles of my running shoes for tomorrow night. They are still gross.

Working on a half ironman training plan, just for the cycling portion so I can be ready for this relay. I still need a swimmer and a runner. It may not happen, I may just go and spectate. Whatever happens, happens. If it does work out, I'd like to be ready for it.

Going back to the regular sprint training for Buzzards Bay. Hopefully I'll get to insinuate myself into some really fun cycling events in September and October. There are plans in progress, I'm willing to go and be tortured as much as possible.

I took a look at a sample Olympic Distance training plan, and... It actually seems doable. Hopefully I can work on that over the winter for next year. Scary.