It's been an amazing roller coaster of a ride this year for me. This includes both my personal life and my tri life. On the personal side of things, despite some challenges, my family and friends are in good health, we have a roof over our heads, clothes on our backs and food on the table. Fortunately, we are both still working; this alone is a blessing. So I won't complain about anything. Beside, we've saged our home, so I am confident the new year will bring better fortune, or at least no unwanted surprises.
On the tri front, no complaints at all. Yeah, I worked like hell for my NYC Tri (which was my big race of my first ever season in this sport) only to have my back go out the day before, but that is water under the bridge and there is a whole new season awaiting me with limitless possibilities. One of which is my first Half Iron. I am in excellent hands with Coach Michelle and have already seen improvements, especially in my swim. I have knocked 20 seconds off my 100M! in only a month's time! Mind you, I was slow to start, but that is huge. In fact, the other day someone told me I was too fast for the slow lane and I should move up (woot!). The drills she has me doing are great and I have all of these 'ah ha!' moments; very exciting. On the running front she is waaaaay harder than my running class coach. I see this as a good thing as I will be very prepared. I've been stuck inside spinning as we have had rain and cold just about every Saturday (when my long bike ride is scheduled) since I started training right after Thanksgiving, so no outside bike for me yet. However, the spin workouts have been challenging to say the least. Add my weekly weight routine and core work and we have the makings of a 70.3 finisher here (and hopefully more!).
I've lined up some races for 2010 and I'm compiling my race reports for 2009 here as well. So without further ado here is my 2010 race list:
Absolutely for sure races 2010:
Tune-Ups:
Jack Rabbit Indoor Triathlon Series-Jan 31 (Damn! No thong bathing suits!)
NYRR Al Gordon Snowflake 4M-Feb 28
March Madness Biathlon-March 28
Bronx Biathlon-April 25
5 Boro Bike Tour-May 2
Great Hudson River Swim-May 29
My "A" Races:
Ironman 70.3 Mooseman-June 6
NYC Triathlon (Oly)-July 18 (I'll be doing this with Team In Training again)
Not sure yet for 2010:
Central Park Triathlon-Aug 8
Danskin Triathlon-Sept 11/12
Escape New York (Cycling) 50,65 or 100M- Sept 25
There are some road races that haven't been posted yet either by my run club, so beyond July, it's anyone's guess. I'm hoping to get a Half Mary in there somewhere, I think I'd like to challenge myself on that front at some point.
Race Reports for 2009:
5 Boro Bike Tour May 3
Rock & Run On the River June7
Pantella's Pancake June 27
Nautica NYC Triathlon July 26
Danskin SheROX Sprint Triathlon Sept. 13
Central Park Biathlon Oct. 4
Tour de Bronx Oct. 18-Cancelled
NYRR Joe Kleinerman 10K Dec. 6
On the tri front, no complaints at all. Yeah, I worked like hell for my NYC Tri (which was my big race of my first ever season in this sport) only to have my back go out the day before, but that is water under the bridge and there is a whole new season awaiting me with limitless possibilities. One of which is my first Half Iron. I am in excellent hands with Coach Michelle and have already seen improvements, especially in my swim. I have knocked 20 seconds off my 100M! in only a month's time! Mind you, I was slow to start, but that is huge. In fact, the other day someone told me I was too fast for the slow lane and I should move up (woot!). The drills she has me doing are great and I have all of these 'ah ha!' moments; very exciting. On the running front she is waaaaay harder than my running class coach. I see this as a good thing as I will be very prepared. I've been stuck inside spinning as we have had rain and cold just about every Saturday (when my long bike ride is scheduled) since I started training right after Thanksgiving, so no outside bike for me yet. However, the spin workouts have been challenging to say the least. Add my weekly weight routine and core work and we have the makings of a 70.3 finisher here (and hopefully more!).
I've lined up some races for 2010 and I'm compiling my race reports for 2009 here as well. So without further ado here is my 2010 race list:
Absolutely for sure races 2010:
Tune-Ups:
Jack Rabbit Indoor Triathlon Series-Jan 31 (Damn! No thong bathing suits!)
NYRR Al Gordon Snowflake 4M-Feb 28
March Madness Biathlon-March 28
Bronx Biathlon-April 25
5 Boro Bike Tour-May 2
Great Hudson River Swim-May 29
My "A" Races:
Ironman 70.3 Mooseman-June 6
NYC Triathlon (Oly)-July 18 (I'll be doing this with Team In Training again)
Not sure yet for 2010:
Central Park Triathlon-Aug 8
Danskin Triathlon-Sept 11/12
Escape New York (Cycling) 50,65 or 100M- Sept 25
There are some road races that haven't been posted yet either by my run club, so beyond July, it's anyone's guess. I'm hoping to get a Half Mary in there somewhere, I think I'd like to challenge myself on that front at some point.
Race Reports for 2009:
5 Boro Bike Tour May 3
Rock & Run On the River June7
Pantella's Pancake June 27
Nautica NYC Triathlon July 26
Danskin SheROX Sprint Triathlon Sept. 13
Central Park Biathlon Oct. 4
Tour de Bronx Oct. 18-Cancelled
NYRR Joe Kleinerman 10K Dec. 6
7 comments:
Oh shoot- no thongs for that first Tri next month? What a bummer. ;)
And YAY for those swim improvements. You are right, that is HUGE! It's only going to get better. Bring on 2010.
what swim advice are you getting ??? i really need to sit down and plan out my races....
Looks like you had a succesfull year and next year is going to get you even faster and stronger! Cya @ the Moose!
Happy New Year!
What a great year it is going to be! We will be working at the March Madness Biathlon and Bronx Biathlon so we might meet! Plus I think we are going to do the 5 Boro Bike Tour in May!
Also, you commented in December that you know a place in NYC with great/cheap massage?! Do you share your secrets? Red Door is just a once a year treat from my MIL and we all know we need more than 1 massage a year!
Good job on the improvements.
Good luck next year, you will rock it
Wow, you are starting off the year early with races. Best of luck and look forward to following you in 2010!
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