What is up with this weather?? As I right this, it is minus 15 degrees outside right now at 1:18 pm....wtf!!! It is supposed to get down to minus 30 degrees tonight and be the coldest day in like 10 years tomorrow....great day for riding a school bus to a wrestling meet!! Oh well, no sense fussing over it as it isn't going to change anything other than my mood. Wrestling season has been going well, the month of January is always a tough month for us with lots of matches, so we will see how the kids are mentally. The season will be over in about 6-7 weeks, and I can't believe it has gone by this fast. Hopefully, the snow and cold weather will be done by the end of February, so i can get my training for the Half Ironman started outside.
Currently, I am riding my bike in the basement about 3 days a week for about an hour each session. My cardio is fine with wrestling practice keeping me in shape. My 20 week plan for my race is suppose to start on Jan. 11th, but I will be cutting some weeks off of that and will be starting it as soon as wrestling practice is over. I am in week 3 of the winter cycling program and my legs are feeling tired, which I assume has something to do with wrestling practice, then coming home and jumping on the bike.....different type of brick workout, I guess. My winter cycling program will take me to the end of march so hopefully the road and weather clears up so I can get my bike on the road. I would like to start running again outside after wrestling is over as well. I have finalized my race calendar for the year and it looks like this:
May 23rd - CB Half Marathon (Leisurely pace to get a race in before the big one on June 6th)
June 6th - Kansas 70.3 Half Ironman
August 1st - Omaha Triathlon (Olympic Distance)
August 16th - Pigman Long Course (Half Iron distance)
September 12th - Ironman Wisconsin (Volunteering this year.....racing in 2011)
October 17th - Des Moines Marathon
This is what I am thinking right now, and I assume there will be some smaller fun runs mixed in as well. I am going to try not to do any sprint distance triathlons this year because that is alot of time to be away from the family, and I think I can get as much training in on a normal training weekend. I haven't really set down and thought about time goals yet because most of my races are races I have not done before and the distance is new to me. I am sure once the training gets underway and the race day gets closer, I will set some goals. I would like to lose another 10 pounds or so as well this year but I can't seem to drop much this wrestling season, which tells me I am close to my natural weight. I am not going to change my diet drastically, as I like to drink beer way too much to do that. I am hovering around 192 right now and mid 180s would feel pretty good on me. I guess we will see once I get my running going again, as that seems to drop my weight.
That is it for now.....hopefully your new year is going well.....set some goals and go achieve them!!
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