I'm heading off to Europe in a few days and I am getting really excited! Racing is my favourite thing and it's why I have put in so many hours of hard work. My hard work to race ratio has been WAY out of whack the past few years. I'm really for some pay back years now :)
I will head to Davos, Switzerland to meet up with my friend and training partner, Daniela Ryf. I am tres excited about this! Also, Swiss Triathlon is kind enough to host me for the month. I am also really looking forward to this. The Swiss team is so nice and welcoming, I'm already partly honorary Swiss! ;) After adjusting to the altitude I will make a quick trip to Paris to race for my team, Chateauroux in a French Grand Prix. It's a sprint race held in downtown Paris! Running under the Eiffel tower is going to be quite the experience I think! That will hopefully be a good tune up and chance to blow out the cobwebs one week before the WCS in Hamburg. After that I will stay in Davos until London. I'm really looking forward to this little adventure, so long as I stay on my bike! It's funny how that is such a common joke now...I really don't crash very often at all...honestly!
I am now almost finished my third consecutive week of training. After nearly 8 interrupted weeks this is very good progress. Strangely, I don't feel that unfit either. Since returning to hard training I have noticed something is different. Last week I put my finger on what it is..... lactic acid! I have not produced significant amounts of lactic (enough to feel) in months! Whatever the cause, I'm not complaining!! I have completed almost all my training solo and am yet to be bored. 7.5km hard swims alone in a short course pool and not bored....there has got to be something wrong with me! I'm just really appreciating the hard work again. When it's been taken away from you for so long you have a better appreciation for being able to do it I guess. I'm having tons of fun pushing myself and comparing my splits to the weeks and even years before. One of the great things about being home is that I can use all the same loops as previous years and look up all my old splits. I got my old TT loop dialed ;)
But I will have to hold on to my excitement for another day because friday is my rest day! My next post will likely be from Europe....until then!
All the best of luck in Paris, Hamburg and London... hell, just visiting those cities alone is something to write about.
ReplyDelete" # ......Sweets is back!, Sweets is back!, #....Go tell it on the mountain over the hills and everywhere........# "
ReplyDeleteAs a die hard fan I'm can't wait to see you in the circuits again. But if your not producing lactic acid do you think maybe your training is to easy? I know for me most of my speed comes from short high intensity intervals, maybe thats what you should be doing instead of long boring swims?
ReplyDeleteAlso my new ipod helps me with boredom, I sometimes put movies on it so I can watch them while I run and bike. My favorite one right now is transformers, you should see it if you haven't its great for bikes.
All the best and hope your eating well, good diet is just as important as hard training. Lots of water too!!
thumbs up on your return. will be cheering you on via Universal Sports live...
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the race in Paris! Looks like you're returning to fine form. Hope you're feeling good and can't wait to cheer you on in the coming weeks!
ReplyDeletePS How cool was it to race under the Eiffel Tower?!
Welcome back Sweets!. It is soooooo good to see you racing again. Look forward to your perspective on today!. See you in London!.
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