transition.

i can’t believe august is almost over… and so is my month of  ”transition.” steelhead was on 7/31 and while on vacation i found out that the park city point to point wasn’t going to happen so i started toying with the idea of doing the santa barbara long course triathlon on 8/28.  beth and i both decided it wasn’t in the cards for us for various reasons.  that left me with the whole month of august to train/live without an immediate racing goal…. transition time!

so with nothing on the radar i have been continuing to log tons of miles on the bike with beth in her Kona prep and doing whatever swimming (only 3 swims!) and running i feel like.  this past sunday was the longest ride (mileage-wise) that both of us have ever done.  120 hot, hilly miles with Charisa and Nick… good times.  sunday’s ride was my 7th 100+ mile ride since 7/3.  It’s definitely becoming easier physically to log these long rides but even more so mentally.

nick.  long rides call for serious nutrition.

i have been trying some new things and schedules so when it comes time to focus on another race i will be ready to go.  i have pretty much been eating whatever i want not turning down any invites to happy hour!  Just enjoying summer.

The plan is to do the Silverman Half on 11/7 and next week will be 10 weeks out, which i feel is more than enough to turn what is the best cycling & running base I have ever had into some half  ironman speed.  the course is HARD and that’s why I want to do it.  i had a way faster race at steelhead than I anticipated and now I want to challenge myself with a hard course… the time means nothing.  training for silverman and the upcoming cross season is getting be pretty excited to race.

i have a lot of other stuff going right now and just trying to keep it under control… but it’s all good things.