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November 2, 2008
Still Alive!
Well it seems as if the off season for me not only includes no training, but also no blogging! As I'm usually an every-day-blogger, my recent 3 day abscence is quite out of the ordinary! So I thought I would write an entry so my parents didn't start to worry that I had been abducted. :)
Trouble is, I don't have much to write about! I know it's not that exciting to read about my training but trust me when I say, it's even LESS exciting to read about my life without training. :) But boring has always worked for me. I like boring.
I thought about writing a "season review" from these past 10 months. But truthfully I don't have too much to say about the season that would be interesting for you to read. It was wonderful. I improved greatly from last year. I learned A LOT. I raced against far superior competition than I ever have. I didn't meet all of my goals but I met about 85% of them. And I met the biggest one of all - to stay healthy the whole entire season. Given my history, this was by far my biggest victory of all.
I spent a lot of this first off week thinking about this past season and then thinking of what I wanted to do next year. It was a very, very hard decision for me. Triathlon has so many awesome opportunities that I think it's very difficult to choose which to pursue! But after talking with my coach (multiple times) and with O (he has to be REALLY sick of going through the different racing scenarios but he's my husband so he has to put up with me :), I think I finally have it figured out. But next season is a post for another day. For now I'm living in the moment of the off season.
So what have I been doing? Sleeping a lot (11 hours last night!). Working. Catching up on all those things that I said I would do "after the season was over". (might never get caught up there). Not training (at all). Visiting friends and family. Playing with Roxy. And enjoying the wonderful life that O and I have been blessed with.
Life is good.
Posted by beth at November 2, 2008 11:50 AM
Comments
I was wondering where you've been.....
Oh wait, that's just on the blog, I see you every day! :)
Posted by: O at November 2, 2008 12:29 PM
....and reading random emails that people mistakenly send to you :o) Thanks for your grace, as always!
Posted by: Wendy at November 2, 2008 1:30 PM
I have a suggestion for one of your races next year...it's abbreviated "IM" or "140.6"!! :)
Posted by: Chad at November 2, 2008 4:15 PM
Sleeping is good...good luck planning next year.
Posted by: maija at November 2, 2008 8:06 PM
Good to hear from you again. Congratulations for your great season :)
Posted by: Rodrigo at November 3, 2008 2:53 PM
Woohoo, the Steelers won last night! I watched the ESPN highlights this a.m. On the treadmill. You could always blog about how awesome the Steelers are or how great the city of Pgh is. I'd read it!
Posted by: mira at November 4, 2008 8:08 AM
So glad to hear you are enjoying a well deserved rest! Keep up the good resting and don't forget about me just cause I moved to Knox! I'm here right now working out of my home office..it's crazy. I just walked down the hall and I was at work!! Talk soon B.
Posted by: Kim at November 4, 2008 9:40 AM