I have big news that I'm waiting until next week to share, but let me just tell you that I was so excited I could barely contain it when I got the email. I had to reread it like ten times to even comprehend it. It's an amazing opportunity for me that's triathlon related that I am incredibly grateful for.
In other great news, I'm down five pounds in my race weight quest. I'm having a hard time with the body composition thing, balancing my body so I can generate power on the bike, not be too bottom heavy to swim properly, and light enough to run fast. It all seems silly to complain about, but it's seriously concerning to me. :)
I registered for my first race! Cox Half Marathon on the first weekend in May. I've done it before but I've never trained for a half marathon, I can just do it. This time I'm going into with three months of pace training. Plan is to demolish all of my old times and go into triathlon season much faster on the run in the beginning instead of working on it throughout the season. That plus six months of computraining should set me up to be pretty fit at the start of the season, I'm aiming for some drastically better results this year.
Still thinking of doing the full marathon in Newport in October. Not sure how I will feel about running after Cedar Point. After Beach to Battleship I was fine with short distances, as long as I didn't try and ramp up my heart rate too much. The idea to run the full would be to qualify for Boston which I need to run a 3:40 to do, which is just slightly over an eight minute mile. I will really have to see how I feel and register closer to October at that rate.
I did the TTBikeFit indoor time trial with some modest results a couple weekends ago. I placed in my heat, but man, I need to start working on generating consistent power. Which the trainer Kevan and I purchased should help with. Maybe I can consider myself a real cyclist now that we have one? Even though I kind of poo poo trainers because I prefer riding outdoors, they really are handy. I'm actually looking forward to spending a lot more time on the bike and focusing on generating power.
Loving my new shoes by the way... KSwiss K-Onas. Such a simple thing as trying a new brand really brought back my love of running.
I'm off to a nice recovery day of cursing at my foam roller, yoga and TRX core work.
