What a crazy two weeks it has been. I have quite a bit to cover.
Training
Weddings
Sponsorship
Random Thoughts
Well, here we go…
TRAINING:
Training
has been fun, but I seemed to be riding the struggle bus for a bit. I
come from a running background, but I still struggle on run workouts
from time to time—or for a week at a time. I think I was just frustrated
with myself for not being able to complete the workouts as well as I
would have liked. Luckily things made a turn for the better at the end
of this week and things started to come back. Coach told me, “Nobody
said getting fast was going to be easy.” I think that was his nice way
of saying suck it up and run. Haha. I finally had a good long run (thanks to Wyatt riding along with me carrying fluids for me) and it is definitely a confidence booster going into races the next two weekends.
Biking
was also a struggle for a while, or I just wasn’t super motivated to
hop on the trainer after swimming at 5:30 am and doing data entry all
day. Data entry is monotonous enough (but I am thankful to have a job!)
but then to have to ride the trainer a few nights was my breaking point.
I started wondering if I would be ready for Racine, or if I even made
the right decision signing up for it…and then one day I finally had a
great ride and everything seemed to be back to normal.
Swimming…well,
my swimming is always hit or miss, but I have been having some decent
workouts. Actually I don’t even know if they are decent workouts, but I
am feeling good in the water, so that is a plus. I have been working on
the catch/pull with my left arm since I really just didn’t have much of
one, and it has been helping…now I just need to keep my legs up in the
water. I can only think about so many things while swimming, but I
would love to get to the point someday where I do not have to think
about anything! Although, on Saturday I had one of those moments where everything just felt "right." I'm not sure what "correct" swimming really feels like, but I think that may have been it.
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| I'm such a happy camper... |
Overall,
I love training, even when I struggle. It may not always sound like I
love it, but I really do. I think the hard/struggle weeks just make the
weeks that seem easy just that much sweeter. Over
the past few weeks I’ve really had to learn to let go of the bad
workouts before going into another workout, and just focus on the task
at hand.
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| This is what all roads seemed to look like. |
WEDDING:
My friends Ross and Rosie got married a week ago J
I wish I could say I remember the moment, but I don’t… let’s rewind. A
few months ago Ross asked me to be a groomsman in the wedding—I said
“let me think about it” because I really wanted to race 70.3 BSLT. In
the back of my mind I knew saying yes was the right thing to do, but
BSLT seemed like fun. So I came up with about 10 different plans on ways
to be in a wedding on Sat afternoon in IL and make it to Lubbock to
still race on Sun…none of which were actually
possible in real life—but they were plenty possible in my mind. Anyway I
finally told him yes, but said I wouldn’t be mad if they changed the
date.
Now
it is June 29. I was supposed to have a 35ish minute swim and 3ish hour
ride in the morning…giving me plenty of time to eat, rest, and get
cleaned up for the wedding. I felt great swimming in the lake, and
Grandma Dot had breakfast ready for us, so I ate, and then went out on
the bike. My workout tuned south pretty quickly, and I was practically
driving the struggle bus. I ended up calling the ride at 2.5 hours, and
didn’t feel so great.
Lunch
was waiting for me when I got off the bike, so I ate and then started
to get cleaned up. Once we were all ready, we went to the church to get
dressed and take some pictures. I must say for a group of
runners/athletes we clean up pretty well! After pictures we sat around
for a little bit, and then it was show time. Josh and I have had a
running joke going for the past few months of who was going to be the
star of the show; after all, he was the best man (even
though we all know I am always the star). So before we went on stage
some of us were joking that we were going to lock our knees and see if
we pass out—I mean nobody actually does that…do they?
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| We clean up pretty well! |
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| The happy couple! Congrats! |
(PS— I’ve been checked out since then and I am okay.)
Also,
Rosie’s Grandparents are the best! First, you have to be a saint to put
up with 10 college guys staying at your house for a few days, but they
loved having us. And we all had a great time hanging out with them, and
Dot cooks up a storm! They should open up a tri camp at their house. We
could swim in the lake, ride out country roads, and eat at “Dot’s
Diner.”
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| I wouldn't mind training here! |
SPONSORSHIP:
I applied to be a part of Hawk Racing and didn’t really expect to hear anything back. I had applied to a few other companies and they politely said “thanks, but no thanks” or something along those lines. Well, on Monday morning I got an email saying I was picked up as one of the Hawk Racing sponsored riders! I am pumped. I need to replace the bottom bracket on my bike—it has been making noise, so I can’t wait to try out a new Hawk bottom bracket. I have heard they are awesome, so I can’t wait to use it!
I applied to be a part of Hawk Racing and didn’t really expect to hear anything back. I had applied to a few other companies and they politely said “thanks, but no thanks” or something along those lines. Well, on Monday morning I got an email saying I was picked up as one of the Hawk Racing sponsored riders! I am pumped. I need to replace the bottom bracket on my bike—it has been making noise, so I can’t wait to try out a new Hawk bottom bracket. I have heard they are awesome, so I can’t wait to use it!
RANDOM THOUGHTS:
*I always seem to have good long workouts the day after a dark beer or two.
*I always seem to have good long workouts the day after a dark beer or two.
*Sanjay and Craig could quite possibly be my new favorite TV show.
*Casey’s (gas station) has the best smiley face cookies!
*I am super excited for 70.3 Racine!
*I never used to like blueberries, but this summer I can’t stop eating them!
*If you say, "Wear your swimsuit to the pool party," I may show up dressed like this…
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| Happy 4th of July! |
Have a great week y’all.
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