The Year of the Bear

Miles Ran: 3.21 Miles Ridden: 28.7 Approaching the big test: 3-hour race is this Saturday. I'm getting mileage in, but very little elevation. I've got nutrition. Motivation. Trepidation. But also, a plan.

Sorry I’ve been kinda quiet the last week; I’m still trying to get into a schedule where I can build the habit of writing this blog, as well as my fiction. But I’ve got a new plan in place, and we’ll see how successful it is this week. Because that’s what bears do – or, people who are tenacious about being awesome: they try, fail, try again differently, and repeat as often as necessary.

Finally, some time in the saddle; and by “some time” I mean my sit-bones are screamin’! (That's the polite way of saying my butt hurts...)

So, I'm moving Training Update to Tuesday where I meant for it to be originally (that's why it's TUTu!), but my schedule got thrown off a little bit last week with it being the first week of the blog and all that. So the rain did come last weekend - looked like it was going to hold off enough for a bike ride Sunday morning, but no. BUT! Erin and I did our first official 5k of the year (Lake Band 5k supporting Lake High School Band). I came in 2nd in my age group, and 44th overall, which isn't terrible; she was also 2nd in her age group and something like 47th overall - only about 12-13 seconds behind me.

I debated for a brief second whether or not to label this with “healthy eating,” then looked at what I was planning on eating and thought, naahh, not yet. We’ll see how it goes, first.

Well, it's been just under a week since I kicked this whole thing off: time to see how I've been doing in the Training sector.

I’m going to level with you guys: fitness coaches and health professionals probably won’t like what I have to say on a lot of topics. I’m very moderate: I’m not preaching radical lifestyle changes, advocating specific diets, telling you that you have to act this way, believe this thing, and live this life. And there’s a very simple reason for this. I’m not training for the Olympics.