Blog Restart Round Three!

I am really attempting to using my blog more and to be more active again in the social media realm. Frankly, I got a little lazy over the summer. And the fall. And the holidays.

Race season is coming! Ok so it's really base building season. But still.

I spent most of the winter attempting to find sponsorships or partnerships. It takes a lot of work, but as a single mom in a sport that is ridiculously expensive by nature it's worth the work. I still have applications out to a team or two somewhere in the space of the internet. I am patiently waiting.

I am very proud to say that this season I'll be fundraising for The Eleonore Rocks Foundation via The Eleonore Rocks Ambassador Race Team.

It's my first triathlon season where I've raised money for any kind of charity. It's a great charity with a heartwarming mission. As a mom and a triathlete I was touched by their mission. It was an easy decision. I'm really excited about the awesome team sponsor partnerships and all the other athletes I'm going to meet and race with along the way.

Now that I've committed to race I need to commit to train and get things back together. I took most of December off from running, so now I'm getting back to it, regaining fitness slowly and carefully. I could feel like I was slowly approaching an overuse injury from not taking time off after the ironman in October. Ironman to 5k was not my best recovery plan.

Back to conscious eating, to consistent exercise. Back to working on performance. I'm excited to get my races lined up for this year, hopefully by the end of this month. Rev3 Cedar Point will be my big race for 2012, another full distance ironman.

Kevan and I have already planned to volunteer again at Lake Placid this summer so we can both race in 2013. I would like that to be my big race, my big focus for next year so I can perform like I know I'm capable of. I'm looking forward to training on that course again this year too.

Once I settle my race calendar I will post the races I'm doing so I can stay accountable to my training. I managed to train for an ironman almost part time last year, save for the six and seven hour bike rides, so I can do it this year. I just need to be smarter and more committed than ever before.