Hmm I seem to get too busy to update my blog, I imagine that is going to get worse and not better as I train more. Maybe I need to get uber-geeky and send myself an appointment or something so I remember....

Anyway, an update is why we are here! Last time I posted it was IMNZ day! Woohoo! Lots and lots of watching the net seeing everyone finish, it was a late night but worth it to see Ginni beaming from ear to ear as she crossed that finish line :) Well done Ginni! I am impressed!!

The next morning I had my last tri of the season out in Rangiora, this was always going to be an interesting day as I had been for an 80min run the day before, the plan being to race tired so I would know how it felt.... Hmmm it felt interesting....My legs and glutes were pretty achey, they have been since those hill runs and spin. The swim went ok, I was in a wave with all the quickies (I may have lied about my est swim time) and got bashed around a fair bit at the start, its an honest 750m swim so I wasn't superfast but survived. The bike was ok to start with cos we had a tailwind at that point, I could feel my legs hurting, mainly quads and glutes and knew I was in for a tough time and when I hit the headwind I was a bit over it. By then my legs just felt dead and they didn't wanna play anymore! Bonus is I spent a huge amount of time on my aerobars which was cool and I felt fine on them. I was pretty worried about how ugly the run might get given how I was feeling but figured I would just try and tough it out as long as I could. So after about 200m I wanted to walk.....not good, so I convinced myself that I would try and run the first lap and then re-evaluate. Well by then I had run half of it so decided I could keep going, plus other people were walking and I didn't want to be one of them! About half way thru the second lap I had a who cares moment and slowed to walk but pulled myself into line before I walked and just hung in there. I started lining people up to pass and that helped heaps. I managed to turn out another PB which is pretty cool! Yay, and managed to be quicker than a couple of folk who normally whip my butt! So thats it for triathlons for awhile, the wetsuit has been soaked and dried and about to be put away for winter!

Still plenty of training going on tho which is heaps of fun. I am really enjoying my running at the moment, it seems to be coming along in leaps and bounds which is cool. Have been doing some fun random things like running home from work, am quite stoked that I managed to run home about 5-6 mins quicker than previously (yes I ran the same route home!). I think all that running up the Capt. Thomas walkway has helped, I never used to do hills before but they are fun, I need to get that booklet that has all the Port Hills runs and walks so I can vary my runs a bit. Have been having fun doing the swim sessions of swimplan.org, heaps of variety to keep me motivated in the pool, might have a go at a 3.8km timetrial this weekend just for fun!

Not long now till Graperide, I'm looking forward to that, it was an awesome event last year and should be good again this year esp as we get a bottle of vino as returning riders. Then Around Brunner the week after so it should be all fun and games in April!!

Eeek, entries open for IMNZ in April, thats not far away! Best I find those $$ pretty quick to guarantee my place on that startline, am all fired up now after watching the SKY coverage of IMNZ 08!!

Quote for the Day:

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.

- Unknown

Well what better time to update my blog than while listening to and watching ironmanlive!! So for those not in the know, the first weekend of March is Ironman weekend in NZ so that means it is just a year away, that's a lot closer than it was in November when I decided to start this journey! Tis all good, I am fully inspired now, am waiting up to watch Ginni finish and then it will be off to bed to try and get some sleep cos I have a race in the morning. Tomorrow's race is the North Canterbury Women's Tri and it better stop raining or I really don't think I wanna do it! Yeah I know I should just take some hard pills and get out and race in the rain but I ran for 80mins in the rain this morning and it was ok but not something you want to do everyday. Anyway I guess I will be there and will race no matter what the weather is doing, the poor Wilier tho she will look rather disgusting after going out in that nasty weather!

Its been a fun week training this week. Headed up the Capt. Thomas walkway again on Tues evening, had a really good run, managed to run a lot more of the uphills than I have previously so that was cool and I literally flew along the downhills which was heaps of fun!! Back to spin on Wednesday evening, funny I never used to like spin classes and I have really missed going to spin so am pleased its kicked off again! It was stinking hot on Weds so the shot runs outside were a blessing in disguise. Thursday seems to have become my day to bus to work and run home which I am really enjoying so that's cool and something different to do, it makes me practice running with my camel back which is good cos I need to use that for my longer runs. Might look at getting a fuel belt at some stage as well. Ran for what seemed like miles and miles today, I ran all along the river and estuary and got as far as Bridge St so was pretty impressed with that esp as I really didn't want to get out there to start with, but had heaps of fun once I got into it!

And yay my new speedo arrived for my bike! It is very flash, now I just need to find out how much I owe the bike shop...... hmmmm never a cheap experience but always a good one :)