Meeting MACCA

Today I was down at the San Diego Convention Center justifying more of my "i need this for my bike, i need these for my swim purchases." I almost came home with a new Garmin but I decided on just a new TYR jacket for early morning rides and runs. Training camp is in less than a month and I'm really excited at the thought of being able to get a preview of the course as i'm sure it will determine my mental state for the next several months.  the training in the pool is going so much better than it was last time i updated the blog and i'm focusing on my form and breathing more now than i did when i swam on a swim team.  i'm sure my old coaches are glad to hear i was so dedicated back in the day!  either way the little giant got a full fitting last week and i'm feeling more comfortable and confident both up AND down the hills.  i was lucky to get an excel spreadsheet from a fellow IMSGer which mirrors the incline and mileage for the run portion of the course so any treadmill workouts are now following the IRONFIT intermediate plan and adding in Bil's excel course mock up.

Oh yea and while in San Diego i met MACCA. wicked friendly, way approachable, and well not to hard on the eyes either.  

a day in the life of my training

spin class. its a needed break from the trainer or an outside ride (although with all the rain i've been logging more miles on the bike at the gym then on my giant)  the trainer, to be honest i've only been on once at the new place.  lance and i need to reconnect with his time trial video sooner rather than later.

i'm no longer skipping swims.  (this is my blog and if i start telling little white lies its only because i wanted to sound like there are no holes in my training).  but this is reality and this is me.  so i have NOT, finished a complete training day yet with my swim.  i can't seem to get over 45 minutes in the pool, partially because there is really good eye candy on those pool decks and partially because i have ADD and i'd rather be running.  either way i'm slowly and surely making my way through the 3000 m every other day.

tonight.  i finished spin class, crappy music but great instructor.  and then i ran.  and then i came home to an amazing dinner (thank goodness my boyfriend can cook otherwise it might be cereal every night).

tomorrow the bike is going to get fitted for next months training camp.  i haven't been to a training camp since i was a little kid and i'm excited, nervous, and ready to go tackle the next mission that is.... my journey to IMSG.

stay tuned.

and then it was 2011

so as it turns out time does not stop. i more than anyone have realized that this year,  2010, did not stop.  not for me.  not for anyone.   i was reminded how lucky i am and was also reminded what i'm capable of.  i became someone i wasn't sure i could be and i started kicking major ass at the gym.  i conquered the fear of swimming in the Potomac river, i witnessed a death and i witnessed a life.  on christmas i became more concerned with the content of santa's letter and leaving carrots for the reindeer with my niece then i did about logging miles for the day.  yes, training is important.  its essential.  but remembering why you are doing it in the first place trumps all the training in the world.  

2010 was a year of battles, a year of bliss, a year of pure "i'd just like to damn well forget".  but without 2010 there would be no 2011.  and without 2011 there would be no IMSG.  so here's to missing a swim so i could listen to my father read the night before christmas to his new grand kids, here's to taking a walk instead of a run to catch up with an old friend,  heres to riding wooden airplanes with my newest nephew instead of riding bikes.  heres' to 2011!