Tri Dreaming

Ok, I've had my time to slack... but the new year has officially begun and so I must return to the blog.

I'm sure lots of interesting stuff has happened since I last blogged (and even before my 3 liner on Monday) but I'm not going to even try to gather those thoughts so I'll start with yesterday and move on from there.

Ok, quick mention of my new working lifestyle though... I'M NOT MEANT TO WORK! :) Ok, I know everyone thinks that way, but apparently everyone else deals and accepts it much better than I do. I guess I was just spoiled for too long. As a plug for TREK though, it seems like it'll be a lot of fun so far. My coworkers are very cool and very enthusiastic about working out and of course cycling. Actually, they were excited to hear that I'm a cycling instructor because they now have big plans for me to lead a class during lunch and just have everyone bring in their trainers. Could be cool - a means of working out and I'm still getting paid (even better, not to work!) To summarize: even though I hate to work, I think that this job will at least be pretty cool.

Ok, back to yesterday. Ah... the New Year. Whoopee! Not a big fan of the holiday as I tend to life more or less, day to day... a n d... all the good holidays are over until next October!!! By the way- CHRISTMAS IS NOT OVER! Shame on anyone who says it is. :) I'm just going to keep holding on as long as I can. Anyway. Yesterday was my first viewing of the Ironman bike course. Wish I would have checked it out PRIOR to signing up! Oops. I think it'll be a long year. Last night we hit the pool. I must say that I normally absolute hate swimming, but for some reason I kind of enjoyed it last night. I was having fun and was pretty tired when I left so that must be a good sign. I think that grand total was about 1550 yards, which is kind of light, but I give great credit to the fact that we were in there swimming when there was football to be watched! We're still working on drills and technique so that seems to be much more tiring than just swimming for some reason.

Today started off with an intense 5:30 am cycling class. I have the day off so it was kinda disappointing to have to get up at the crack of dawn for just an hour, but it was fun and I got a good workout in so that's good. I think I'll get used to the early hours soon and then it won't be a struggle to workout before heading to work. I guess that means I'll be aiming for an earlier bed time as well. I've never been good at getting the correct amount of sleep. Tonight I'm going to go see the LOTR-Return of the King so in preparation, I'm having a little LOTR DVD marathon so I'm all caught up. Should be a productive day! I now value my days off much more!

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and new year celebration! Excited to get caught up with everyone! Here's to a great year of athletics - healthy, strong and fun!