tigerchik wrote:
I came in 2nd woman ... Anyway I had the fastest swim of everyone (male and female) and the fastest female run. Must. Get. Faster. On. Bike. It was fun, that's the important part.
Go you, that's fantastic! And hooray to fun :o)
I finally found the unicorn of tiny little cx bikes, which I promptly purchased because I've been looking for about a year now! My new baby is a Cannondale CAADX. Not fit enough to race cx this season, but it's part of the goals for next year. I did get out and ride a sweaty 13 miles midweek before it got dark, as well as a trip to Bradbury Mountain to play on the trails over the weekend. (Now I want a mountain bike too!)
A big part of last week was putting some time into planning for next season, which involved picking some races, setting some SMART goals, and also some stretch goals, and thinking about how I might get there. I have Type II diabetes, as well as fibromyalgia and a thyroid disorder, so training has been tough. I think I've finally got a good combination of meds together so that I don't hurt all over and I'm not tired all the time, but a couple of them do have the side effect of weight gain. I struggle with that anyway, so I'm hoping that some more aggressive training will help to combat that, as well as help me achieve some of the goals I'm setting.
This week I am headed down to Massachusetts where the water is still warm to round out my season at the Pilgrimman - I left it wicked late to sign up because I was totally hoping to be out of the Athena class... Now I'm totally hoping to place in the Athena class ;o) It will be the first tri I have done without my fiance there as support crew so I'm a little sad about that, but excited for the course. The weather is looking fab.