today, and maybe even this week is the reason i luv doin' this here stuff!...2 dayz ride was awesome. the weather was kinda awful, but kinda, kinda not 2 bad....a bit of wind, overcast, maybe a little cool....but at times , even in2 the wind i felt really good. a little tired, probably b-cause of a little lack of sleep time, and a not too bad of a week training, but the speed was there...and if i hadn't been stopped by a CN train at the 199th street crossing, my time would have been even betta!
on the bike i just felt great, and cool. i've been struggling with hills this season, and that wasn't any different 2day, but i attacked 'em anyhow. even on the way back. don't know if the hill repeats have helped, but gotta keep doing them, and keep gettin' stronger.
i have to admit i was a bit worried this week. after a pretty pedestrian 2 hour run last sunday i took monday completely off just to think and regroup, and to rest a bit. and did the same thing again on wednesday, both days that i should have swum, but i felt i needed to recharge my batteries, and i guess i did...the work outs that i did get in were great.
doing hills on tuesday went well. i've said it b4 and i'll say it again, i luv doing hills. i don't know why, i don't always feel strong on hills, but maybe that's it...the harder it gets, the more i like it?..i'm still not as fast nor as strong as i'd like 2 b, but ya gotta keep doing them. this week was perfect too. good weather for an early morning ride, not much traffic, the spin through l-park was nice and relaxing, the gears shifted well (thanx to cam the man's tune up), and every ride up seemed to get quicker and quicker....and even the lady that took a right turn in front of me didn't faze me, much....yeah i swore like a sailor, but i was smiling as i did...stupid b***....
the t-run after was so cool. i know my running's gettin' better when i begin to explore, and explore i did...found a neat trail into the dog park that i'd never been on b4..it was another, oh so that's where this trail goes kinda day...and did i say it was warm and sunny?....and i know, i know, i'm supposed to refill and refuel after a work out, but a trip to wendy's for a large double combo just felt, la ta ta ta great...lovin' it in deed!
thursday's run was fun to. i don't know if it was the new sunglasses or what, but i felt like i was flyin'...and really didn't care where i ran, i just ran, explored a bit, took in the sites of the edmonton river valley, hit a few hills, some off road stuff, some blacktop, sprinted up emily murphy hill, and felt so cool...
then last nite's swim, you know i like doing stuff on my own and with friends. both have their attractions ( what can i say i like my own company sometimes..i even answer myself sometimes)...but the friday nite swim has bcome a must. i hadn't swum all week, so i needed to make it a key swim, and swim i did. 3500 meters, that started out brutal, and felt tough the whole way through. what kept me going is knowing what i needed to do...especially the 7X300 meter repeats were a must this week. what kept me going was sharing a lane with just liz. she's got a lot of speed, and i needed to keep going to keep from getting passed. also i knew what i had to do, had it all written down on my left hand, each rep, each drill, when i need to use the kick board, the pull thingie, and just what to swim. and instead of counting lengths, i knew when i was done, i was done, and only then did i know the distance...just 300 meters short of IMC distance...now to do that in open water?
today's ride was what this stuff is all about. riding with friends, riding hard on my own, riding with a stranger, then starbucks afterwards!....i love the group thing again. people that know me know that i need a lot of support, and that's what this stuff does. the support, the fun...especially the fun, it's very very important, because i know i couldn't do any of this on my own. then when i get to fly, i love to fly. i always just assume that when i take the lead that the rest of the group is riding my wheel...but sometimes i just hammer, and then after a while look behind me, and no one's there....i don't really like that, but then i also feel free to rock.
and today i felt confident. there was one spot coming back on sturgeon road where i spotted someone riding ahead of me, and just sprinted, and then struggled up sir winston churchill hill, and when she caught up, i just sprinted it yet again...wow huh????
anyway, the big cheeze peice is a few months away, i need to feel this good for all that time, but the big thing is, i feel confident, i'm having fun, i'm comfortable, and i have to keep thinking, while most folks are sitting around watching TV on their weekends...i'm swimming, biking, and runnning....drinking coffee, and enjoying every minute!..i just keep remembering last year's great white north triathlon. during the swim i stopped, stuck my head out of the water and just listened to the sound of hundreds of people swimming on hubbles lake and realizing that there was no where else that i could possibly ever want to be....
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