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March 11, 2008
i'm still alive and training!
So I have been MIA in blog land once again, but I am training and working and hanging out with the dog and all kinds of fun stuff. I am very excited about my races this summer, of which I have four planned so far. One of them is actually a qualifier for age group nationals which I think would be kind of cool. I've never been to Oregon, so it would be fun to make it just for the experience. The qualifying standard does not seem too hard - top 33% in my age group - and last year, in my second tri ever at this race, I was in the 39th percentage. Wouldn't that be fun?! It would be my opportunity to most likely meet Beth which would be so cool since she has quickly turned into one of my tri idols :)
Anyway right now I am so sore from lifting yesterday. We have all kinds of different machines for the same muscle groups at my gym, and so I was doing the lat pull down with a weight that is normally easy but on this other machine it was so hard. I am actually enjoying lifting right now as I am trying to see it as a way to get faster, rather than a drudgery.
So my schedule right now is all about running less, swimming more, and biking more. I also joined a local tri club, and I think I will be attending my first workout with them tonight. It is a running workout - 4 x 800 at a local track. This seems like kind of a lame workout to me but I am going to give it a try. They are also running this Saturday on a trail I like so I may actually work out with them twice, both on running. I am nervous but also excited, I hope I like the group. I have been missing my Boulder group but it was just way too expensive for one (running-focused) workout a week.
I had been planning on biking on my trainer this morning but I set my cell phone alarm without looking at whether or not it had changed to reflect daylight savings. Sadly it had not, so I woke up at 7:00 feeling very refreshed but without time for a morning ride! Thus I am off to the gym to tool around on the spin bike for a bit. Luckily I have time today, I think the extra sleep was actually a really good thing for my attitude :)
Posted by barb at March 11, 2008 10:33 AM