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Race weekend has finally arrived. I have been preparing for this weekend for the past nine months. I normally work night shifts in the emergency department but the week leading up to the race I was able to switch my shifts so that I was working day shifts. I wanted to give my body a full week to feel like a day person. I finished the day shift on Thursday and spent the rest of the day nervously packing for the weekend. I did do a short swim today as well. We ended up staying out later than plann… Continue

Well, the past 4 weeks seem to have flown by. I have not been able to run since the middle of week 1 of the competitive season. I have been logging my workouts on Trainingpeaks.com. Looking back at week 3 I only managed to get in 11:15 of the recommended 14:45. I did have some strong swims and a long ride of 85 miles on Sunday but overall it was not a great week of training. The weather in Michigan has been very cold and rainy. I tried to do an open water swim in Torch Lake but even with a wetsu… Continue

The competitive season has not started off very well for me. In week 1 I was feeling great until Wednesday when I started to feel some pain in my right achilles. I had done a nice 8 mile run at sub 7 min pace and that night I noticed the pain starting. The next day I had a great 1 hour swim and followed that with a 7 mile easy run. That night my achilles decided it would have no more and I developed severe pain with a limp. I decided to skip all of the runs for the rest of the week. The long rid… Continue

Well, the last 3 weeks have been pretty good compared to weeks 18 and 19. I had a good talk with Leah and she is definately on board to try and help me finish what I have started. After finishing week 22 and now moving into the competitive season I feel like I can see the finish line. I know there is a lot of work left to be done but I feel like I am mentally able to handle it. Whether or not my body will hold up is another story. I still have pain in the left foot/arch but it doesn't seem to be… Continue

Week 18 was a great week of training! I was excited to complete this week because it marks the half way point to Louisville. I was able to complete all of the recommended training this week. We had a trip to Ohio on the weekend so I took Friday off. I took my bike and trainer with us and on Saturday before Emma's Regional gymnastics meet I did a 2:15 ride in the hotel room. It happened to be the day of the NFL draft so I watched all of the pre-draft hype. Emma's meet was awesone and she took fir… Continue