It's been a while...New Season 2011 and new ending goal race!

Been a long while since I've posted but there have been so many changes, updates, and new things going on...

Well first off I signed up for IM Madison, September 11, 2011, and have been working with a coach Jeremy from Optum Helath Performance Center in Eden Prarie, MN since January. It's been an interesting ride having a coach. I'd say it takes some stress of off me when it comes to figuring out what to do the next day or even a week out. It's nice to be able to ask someone questions when I'm not sure of something when it comes to training. Overall I'd say I like the coaching experience, there are some "downs" of course, but I won't go into that in a public blog =) I'll say nothing specific to the coach, just my own little quirks (I think).

I would say I haven't really started racing yet, although I did do a half marathon (Winter Carnival) as a training run, as well as the 25K Trail Mix. I didn't do as well as I wanted in the trail mix, and even though the conditions were muddy, rainy and cold, I still didn't feel as fast as 2009, when I got a 2:01, this year different story 2:14 (ouch). That leads me into the IM training, everything I've been doing in training has been base, a lot, a lot of base. This means lots of volume, no real speed. So in short I feel pretty darn slow and I can just feel that I am not used to moving very fast. Hopefully this will change, but right now I'm not so sure.

I have my first upcoming race of the season the Oakdale Duathlon. I always like to start out with a Duathlon, May 14th, to break myself into the season. I'm pretty excited just to see how slow I really am...Maybe I'll surprise myself, just maybe! My first tri is the New Brighton, coming up June 4th. This race was my first race of 2008, which was also my first triathlon season and Rookie of the Year nominee. I'll most likely be checking my results compared to 2008. I'm excited for the races, training, and just the end goal of this season, the IRONMAN!! This should be a fun ride, I just have to keep the goal in front of me and keep it fun.

Till next time, hopefully not next year...I'll start posting more regular when the races start, I hope.