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December 31, 2008
two 2009 races on the books!
Oh I am so excited. I love signing up for races even though triathlons are very expensive! I am so excited about my 2009 season I can hardly handle it. I already have Timberman on my schedule, and thank goodness because that was probably the most expensive race I will do in 2009. Yesterday, after an email chat with my coach wherein I admitted messing up my schedule due to confusion about dates for Boulder Peak and Lifetime Fitness, I signed up for Lifetime Fitness on 7/11/09! Hooray!! This means I will not be racing at Boulder Peak this year as it is on 7/12 and even I am not crazy enough to think two races in two days is a good idea. I have to say I am somewhat bummed - I love Boulder Peak and I especially love getting an awesome tri towel for finishing! However, I do not love the weather for the race, nor do I love the run course. So I am not too bummed. I cannot wait to do Lifetime Fitness. I actually really like the Twin Cities so that should be cool. And this is so cool, I am in the Elite Amateur Division! I got confirmation from the race that I qualify, so it is for real and everything. Wow. I really cannot believe I did qualify but I did by 12 minutes so I guess I do belong there, even though it is a bit surreal to me sometimes. Now hopefully I can improve my swimming and mix it up with those chicks!
Overall it has been a great holiday season and I have had a lot of fun spending time with my awesome family. I have been training a decent amount although I took it somewhat easy last week as I did have a bad cold for a few days. I did take a trainer down to my dad's and watched The Birdcage and Juno while I rode my bicycle, that was fun! I don't usually watch movies when I ride, I did find that comedies make time go by faster than serious films (even though Juno is funny in parts it is way more serious than The Birdcage).
This past weekend the weather was actually warm enough to melt the ice and snow off most of the roads and bike paths so I ventured out for two outdoor rides in two days, on Sunday and Monday. It was extremely windy, especially on Monday, but wind is like a really big hill and it just makes you stronger in my opinion. That is if you can take it. For some reason wind always makes me mad whereas hills are just a fun challenge. Weird!
I have put together a few goals for 2009, tri-related and non-tri related. I am not really planning to share them here because I think they are very aggressive. But I did write them down, so I am going to take them pretty seriously!
I am off in a few, can't wait to get an awesome year of training and racing going tomorrow!! Happy New Year!
Posted by barb at December 31, 2008 3:30 PM