wednesday morning swim

Up and at it early today. Started swimming with the UofS Masters Swim Team today. Needed a change of scenery. The pool is salt water and way better showers...all was good. A couple of super fast gals today!! Holy Cow! Had to bust it to keep up. And they do tumble turns so I no longer have a secret weapon with this group!! Legs were tired from last night's ride but was good to do a few different things in the water. And got some major time with the coach who gave me lots of tips on my stroke, something I never get with the tri group. That word that annoys me so much kept coming up...core...she said she thinks I need a stronger core as I drop my hip and elbow at the start of my stroke. I should be engaging my core better to swing my hips around. Well, if the truth be known, I am not very good at doing my core workouts...there, it is out of the bag!! May 1 tomorrow and my goal for the next 2 weeks is to consisently do my core workouts...blah

blowin in the wind

The wind is a bee-otch in this province, but it builds character...right? Got over an hour in the tank. I even wrote a poem while I was out there slogging it out in the friggin wind...
I am out on the road, on my cervelo
I have named her "Sunshine", because she is yellow
When I got home, my legs were dead,
Cause "You have 3 sets of time trial intervals to do" JP said.
That was all I had...just wait till my 2.5 hour ride on Saturday to see what I come up with!!

windy

One word that describes our province other than flat...windy!! Heading out on my bike today after work, I am actually very excited!! Hopefully Jenna's knee is okay and we can hook up. Sending her positive knee vibes. I am staring out the window all afternoon daydreaming about the summer and triathlons and what is to come!! One of the first signs of summer...the hot dog bus is OPEN!! A double decker bus smack in the middle of downtown toon town that makes the best "River Bank Franks". I LOVE SUMMER!!!

weekend fun

Woke up yesterday to a throbbing, make you sick kind of a headache. Could not even think about a bike or a run or really anything but get through the day. Several Advil later and lots of water, the fog had sort of lifted but still felt sick to my stomach. Almost like I was...like I was...I cannot even type the word...it starts with a "P"... On the couch for a good chunk of the afternoon/evening watching hockey.

Today, a much better day. Had gone to bed early and slept right through to 8:00am...wow!! I never ever sleep like that. Made it to swimming and had a terrific swim. We did 24 x 100. 4 at race pace and the 5th one as hard as you could go. Then a 100 easy swim. I held 1:25s for the most part but really could feel the wheels falling off by the last few. Then off to get some groceries and dear Jenna called an wanted some company for a bike ride....I had plans already as the weather was supposed to be crappy so was going to head out to my mom's for the majority of the afternoon...wicked television (hockey playoffs!!), babysitter (mom!!) and free food and booze...Sunday afternoons ROCK!! Jenna told me of Alan's supberb run and I got all fired up. Called my mom and told her I would be later than expected, jumped on my trainer and got that bike workout in. Would have liked to be outside, but time and kids and Sunday family dinners did not leave me with enough of a window to do it that way. Anyway, Justin had said that was a "quality" bike workout and the time spent doing it would only help later on.

Next up is a rest day tomorrow...a wicked bike ride on Tuesday and the forcast is really good so going to skip outta work just a bit early and get'r done.

Why do I live here...again??

My Dad was a farmer and I remember him having a tough time with the winters here on the prairies. Too cold, not enough to do. I have not had this problem as my busiest time at work is Jan/Feb and into March a bit, so I am focused on other stuff. But this year!! OMG!! I am going CRAZY with this friggin weather! 10-15cm of SNOW. AGAIN. WTF!!! Am I ever getting on that bike? How in the hell am I going to do 90km on July 6? And then RUN afterwards? Holy Crikey. I talked for a bit today with a tri-buddy who is also coached by the Carmichael Group and we talked about doing an Arizona trip for some biking next winter...anybody else in? We can stay at my mom's place...seriously...I am doing it. Watch me.

Anyway, maybe this crappy weather is a good thing because my leg still hurts and I cannot see an physio person until Monday. Argh. So I am telling myself that I can't ride outside anyway, my leg is bummed, The Universe is telling me something....it will be okay. I have looked at my next month of training and I see a 3:30 bike ride on May 17...That's THREE HOURS and THIRTY minutes!!! ON THE BIKE!!! EEEEK!!! Put that on your calendar everyone...that will be a HUGE milestone in my triathlon life!!