Updates

Wow, hadn't realized how long it had been since I had posted. To be completely honest, I believe that is because there hasn't been a ton to talk about. Christmas was wonderful. Meg and I had a wonderful time celebrating with our two families as well as just by ourselves. I'd been eagerly awaiting Christmas to come as I had the perfect gift for my perfect gal and I absolutely hate keeping secrets! Around Christmas I got sick. I took two days off, got back on the bike and then realized I probably needed more time off. Consulted with coach, and he had me take 3 days off. Today was my first day back exercising and just happens to be our first day of a 3 day mini vacation in Bend, OR. That means XC skiing!

Today's XC ski adventure included an extra 4 miles or so. All in the bride and I ended up pumping out 4 hours of nice aerobic effort on the skis. I absolutely love XC skiing. Great cross training. On the theme of cross training, Muddy has me still hitting the gym and doing some work with bands to help work the outside of my legs. Most of our movement in triathlon is forward and little side to side, yet that doesn't mean you don't work those muscles in preparation. We want to be properly prepared for our heavy periods of training. The last thing we need is the body breaking down as we get into larger/harder training blocks.

That's about it for now. I've seen a lot of resolutions out there for 2011. I don't really have a resolution, but I do have a mission this year...and that's to kick the shit out of IMCDA in June. Hope everyone has a wonderful and safe New Years!! We are off to have some awesome sushi before cracking open some nice Champagne back at the inn as count down to 2011. For what it's worth, we will be counting down to the Eastern midnight as we are old and just xc skied for half the darn day :) Thanks for reading,
-T