Well, I survived my first full month! Yippee! I guess this means I'm in! The first three weeks were pretty tough. I had a couple of 14 to 15 hour training weeks and it was tough to balance the schedule, but somehow, I was able to get through everything and managed to complete most of the workouts Kat gave me. The weather has been a bit tough for the last two weeks, but thanks to good friends who keep me accountable (Johanna, Amy, Tilghman, Kathryn), I have managed to overcome my hatred of being outdoors in inclement weather. I've felt good for most of my workouts. Last Sunday in my bike class - my really, really long Sunday morning bike class - I bonked about an hour in and just couldn't get my energy back. I've been testing various nutrition strategies and the oatmeal chocolate chip cookies just didn't work for me. That sucks because I really don't like shotbloks (shitblocks, as a fellow triathlete likes to call them) and all that gooey crap, but those things work like a charm and keep me going and going and going...I'll be trying something else this week so we'll see! I'm headed into taper week for the marathon...we're just over 9 days until Birmingham. I can't believe my second marathon ever is going to be a "training run." That's just hilarious to me. I'm excited though - and perhaps I'll win that Mercedes at the end!
As for everything else going on...work has been in. SANE. I am a firm believer that this training is the one and only reason I'm able to keep it together. I've not yet managed to 'sacrifice' that social life that I was talking about a couple of weeks back, but that day is coming soon. I actually went out last night and stayed up until...gasp...1 am! I haven't been out that late on a school night in awhile. I sure paid for it today and tonight on my run. I try to hang with the cool kids and I just can't do it anymore. I need that beauty sleep now more than ever so I need to learn to just say NO. When it comes to cute boys though that's nearly impossible. Which brings me to another issue. Dating. Dating while training is just a bad idea. It's even worse if you're trying to date someone who doesn't understand the strange world of triathlons and triathletes. Oh well...IMKY will have to keep me warm at night for now!
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