Thursday, September 3, 2009

Give your head a shake

This week has kind of been a rough one on the training side of things.  As in, I haven’t really been training that much.  I think the exhaustion from the weekend just caught up with me and my legs have been tired.  That and I have a few “life outside of triathlon” things that needed to be taken care of too.

Ah, it is always a balancing act, eh?

So I bailed on a swim yesterday morning, and I ran errands yesterday afternoon instead of riding for an hour.

This morning I did get up early to get in my “long” run though.  45 minutes on the schedule and I went downtown to run around the river.  It was a lovely 11C out and it felt so fresh.  My running was still crappy though.  Over the first two miles my pace was slowing down…and I wasn’t even running that fast.  My legs were feeling like they needed a good stretch or massage.  Finally I just pulled over to stretch things out and give my head a shake.

I haven’t raced a sprint tri in a year…before I started training with Angie.  I want to do well in the race, and I really want to see some improvement.  Plus it is entirely possible that I feel like I need a little racing redemption after Lake Stevens.  I was thinking too much about wanting to be fast…wanting the run to go better than Tuesday’s craptastic intervals.  Too much thinking was really affecting my run.

After stretching and my self evaluation I got back on the pathway.  Lo and behold, my running was feeling better.  And I was getting faster!  Funny how things work out sometimes.  I think I just needed a chance to acknowledge my expectations, but then move past them so that I can just focus on the moment and enjoying one final triathlon of the season.  More important than anything else, I am doing this race with my friend DGB.  Two years ago we were in Seattle to race her very first 10K.  Now this year we are in Leduc so D can race her very first triathlon.

Being there with my friend this weekend matters more than anything else.  I’ve had a great season of triathlons this year, especially considering it was my first year really training for this.  Whatever happens on Sunday happens, but at least D and I will be cheering each other on!

9 comments:

TNTcoach Ken said...

Wow, our little girl is growing up! Just as your title say, 'evolution', that's what all this is about. Have fun on Sunday.

Marci said...

After the intense training you did this summer for your two half irons, you need a recovery week. Have fun at your tri this weekend!

Wes said...

Yay! Leave it all out there and have fun! :-)

Marlene said...

We all need a good head-shaking now and then. Have fun this weekend!

Molly said...

Good luck at the sprint! Have a great race.

You've got a big year ahead of you - don't get down on the training now :)

Alexandra said...

What a great new look to your blog!Enjoy Sunday with your friend!

Mel-2nd Chances said...

Ooooh! I love the new blog look! Good luck tomorrow, i bet you'll do amazing! Have fun!!

Badgergirl said...

Love the new look! Good luck Sunday!

Keith said...

Hey, nice new look to the blog! Even though it's important for our goals that we do our workouts, it's also important to maintain life balance, and sometimes the workouts have to give way to being a sofa slug, a couch potato, a chesterfield champ.