Top of the Key

Back to the blog world, this should be fun.  Let’s see, what’s gone on in the past week or so.  Highlight was this past Saturday, where Jess and I raced our first tri’s together.  A sprint triathlon at the Boulder Rez, pretty much the same course as the 5430 Sprint race Jess is doing in a few weeks.  Perfect morning.  Raced hard, and finished 5th overall and won my age group.  Jess ended up winning her age group too, she was so happy and surprised when i told her.  I like to bear good news.

Before that, on Thursday, I raced in the first Stroke n Stride event of the season.  Every Thursday I plan to do these races, or at least 6, that’s what I signed up for.  It’s great experience for swimming in groups, and getting smacked around at the start.  1 year ago I raced this event, and swam 30:40.  This year, I swam a 27:45, I’ll take 3 mins.  But can’t stop there, i have a lot more time to cut off.  Big expectations for my swim.  But need to start somewhere.

Training has otherwise been ok, nothing too stressing.  With a bunch of races, it’s not easy to get into the groove like you do when you train for 6 months for one event (Ironman).

Next race is Loveland in 2 weeks.  Can’t wait for the post race buffet…it’s the best!