You Have To Start Sometime...

After much procrastination, I feel it is time to start my blogging career. So here goes…

I am actually on a mini break right now, after a slight melt down at my 9th triathlon of the year (4 of which were 70.3’s) in Minneapolis. I figure it’s time to give my body a little rest. I have been racing consistently quite well all year, and while nobody ever likes to race poorly I figure I can cop this one on the chin. Actually sometimes I think it can be a good thing to have a bad race - it really forces you to stop and rethink what you are doing, what your priorities are and gets you fired up to get back on top of things. My original plan was to race Minneapolis then NYC tri and Newfoundland 70.3 three weekends in a row, but after waking up on Saturday and dragging myself through Minneapolis – I realize I may have taken on a little more that I can chew… Definitely a sign that it is time to have a break!! So super coach Siri and I have decided to give NY a miss, take 5 days off and refocus on the major goal of the year…Defending my world title!!!! I am still going to race Newfoundland 70.3 but it will really just mark the start of a good solid training block. Now is the time to really knuckle down and get back into some solid training.

It’s now day 5 of my mini break, and I feel rested & ready to get stuck back into it. The last few days have consisted of a lot of sleeping & eating as well as some quality time on the couch with the odd visit to a café or restaurant to hang out with some friends… It’s such a beautiful time of year in Boulder & it’s nice to be able to stop training for a bit & really just enjoy!