Some Great Training

For the last couple of weeks, I've been getting in some fantastic training. Long runs, long swims, long rides, bike/run bricks, swim/run bricks, and one hard core day of swim/bike/run. That doesn't make for very exciting blogs because the schedule is usually as follows:

7am Get up. Eat breakfast. Check email

8am Start training

1:59pm Stumble back to house starving, dehydrated, and utterly exhausted

2pm Lunch. Watch an episode of the tv show 24

3:30pm Nap time

5pm Afternoon training or a bit more rest and 24

7pm Dinner fit for a king!

9:30pm Check email. Bed time

It has been quite refreshing to ONLY be training. That is the focus of the day and everything is scheduled around that. Usually its the opposite.

Nearly every pool around here is a 50 meter. Its so nice to not have to flip, flip, flip. This swim center had 2 50 meter pools (1 indoor, 1 outdoor) and the indoor one had an adjustable floor!

The sunsets around here have been absolutely breath taking. It almost looks like the sky is on fire!

New Dew

I have had a mohawk for 2 1/2 years. It has been a multitude of colors and lengths. But after the bleaching debacle at Lake Tahoe, it just hasn't been the same.

What it has looked like lately

So I decided it was time for a change. This may not be long lasting (I may just shave it all off), but I'm thinking I'll stick with it for a while and see how it's received.

Divas in Drag

Just in case you missed the Divas in Drag show on October 30th, a Boarding for Breast Cancer Benifit, here are some pics and a short video



http://www.fuel.tv/B4BC/blogs/view/4558

Rainy Day

Most of Victoria (the southern most main land state in OZ) has been in a drought for many years, so water is a precise commodity. When it started raining yesterday everyone was quite excited. It rained through the night and looks to be set to go all day today. It reminds me of rainy days in Oregon. I find it quite comforting sitting inside watching the rain.

It has a put a bit of a damper on my plans to run a sub 16 minute 5k. There was a track meet today that I was going to take part in, but with the ongoing wetness, there is likely to be quite a bit of standing water on the track. Hence, no race...

So now I will sit down and create a very specific training plan for the next 3 months. The plan will be to peak for Geelong 70.3 in early February. When I get it finished, I'll post the jest of it (the whole thing would put you to sleep if you read it :-)

Just for fun - Tiger Cow