update

Hey,

My motivation has been a little low for the last couple of weeks. I guess I've been over tired too, motivation is hard to keep up when you're over tired. I know I'm not getting enough sleep which is bad, but I've gotten more sleep then normal and yet I'm still tired. Thinking back, it may have been the flu shot I got last week which attributed to the increased tiredness. Yesterday I had a good workout, doing 1 hour on the bike, increasing the effort right towards the end, then topping it off with a snappy 5k run. On the exercise bike at the gym I started at 11, then up to 12(resistance level) after 30 min. then 13 for the last 15 min. The machine figured I did 21 miles in one hour. Then 8.5 mph for the 5k. Not super fast, but what I call a feel good fast.

Chad at the gym was asking about the diet thing and I had to admit I did have a piece of chocolate cake, and numerous other deserts lately. Although I have kept completely off the fast food. I have started drinking more red bulls, and other sport drinks. They're almost as bad as pop maybe even worse, although I've had wayyyyyy less then what I used to drink of soft drinks so I'm not a complete failure. Chad figured I should put it on the blog, so here it is confessional time. :P

I've also thought about coaching. It's sooo pricey, but I'd really like to bring my triathlon to another level and take the guess work out of the training. I know I've said many times that I like to do my own thing, I have my own ideas. I'm quite stubborn that way, I like to lead my own path, not always doing the best work out for the day. Somtimes I just do a specific work out cause it makes me feel good. In my opinion I don't just train to feel good on race day, but training should be rewarding on the day too. If I can hop onto the treadmill and run 9.2 mph for 10km I feel good about myself so why not do work outs like that once in awhile. However I've heard so many good things about people who are coached. Two coaches I'm considering are Sara Gross and Angie Anderson. Sara's definatly the most qualified and has the resume especially her race at IMC, however Angie is an up an comer and sounds like a real motivater, not to mention a bit cheaper. She has some spin classes I may check out starting Jan. Maybe if she seems ok then I could possibly purchase her coaching for the months leading up to IMC, maybe 4-6 months would be fine.

We'll see, everything costs money and I'd still like to buy a bike also this year. I don't have enough to go around...