I'm back!
It's been a while since I've posted anything here, mainly due to lack of time and most definitely not due to lack of training. I'd kind of given up on the blog, but since a few people have commented that they'd like to see more posts, I'm back.
Quick summary of the last two and a half months...
November: Shoulder tendinitis which put a damper on my training, especially swimming. Finally got rid of it with a one-week course of prescription strength anti-inflammatory medication.
Also November: Training camp in Eilat. It was exhausting and difficult, but afterwards, I felt really ready for the Eilat Triathlon.
December: Eilat Triathlon. Crash. Need I say more? Well, ok, I will. Once people stopped trying to drown me, I had a great swim. Then I had a great transition. I was out there on my bike riding into the wind, concentrating on my riding, feeling great. Next thing I knew, there was a road block directly in front of me. I'd had my head down (because of the wind) and I'd missed it entirely. By the time I saw it, it was too late to do anything but ride right into it and so I did. Well, into it and over it. My bike and I did a full flip in the air over the concrete road block and landed on the other side. I was relatively uninjured (considering the fact that I could have broken my neck -- just a couple of bloody fingers, one of which I suspect might have been broken, and a bloody knee). My bike was very injured. I probably could have kept riding if I'd had something to ride on, but the condition of my bike ended the race for me. Enough said.
More December: Got a new bike! Something good had to come out of that accident! My new ride is a Specialized Allez Elite -- aluminum with a carbon fork, full 105 apart from the rear derailleur, which is Ultegra. Still not "top of the line", but a nice step up from my all-aluminum bike with Sora components. It's also smaller, so no more reaching. I haven't had the chance to ride it much, but from the little bit of riding I've done, I'm very happy. I bought it used from a woman who used to be on my team but quit triathlon. She bought it in June or July 2004 and quit the team less than six months later. I think she rode the bike outside four times and the rest of the time she rode it on the trainer. I got a very very good deal, which also made me very happy.
More December... Did my first mountain bike ride (on my husband's bike). First ride was great -- a lot of fun. Second was harder.
January: Back to training after a two-week training break. A couple of more rides on the mountain bike -- one good, one hard. I guess that's how it goes. I'm about ready to get my own bike -- my husband's is way too big and I think that's part of what's making it a bit hard for me.
Tough two weeks of training in January followed by an easy week (this week). I did my longest runs ever -- 12 km (twice) and 15 km. That doesn't sound far to those who train for half-marathons and marathons, but it's further than I ever thought I'd run! Some long swim workouts (3000 meters -- that's long to me...), too.
So that pretty much brings things up to date. I'm training now for the Ein Gedi 10k on February 18th and I've got another 10k the week before (Omer 10k), which we're using as a practice race. The first duathlon is in early April and the first triathlon is two or three weeks later. I've set a few goals for this year, but I'll post those separately when I have some more time.
Quick summary of the last two and a half months...
November: Shoulder tendinitis which put a damper on my training, especially swimming. Finally got rid of it with a one-week course of prescription strength anti-inflammatory medication.
Also November: Training camp in Eilat. It was exhausting and difficult, but afterwards, I felt really ready for the Eilat Triathlon.
December: Eilat Triathlon. Crash. Need I say more? Well, ok, I will. Once people stopped trying to drown me, I had a great swim. Then I had a great transition. I was out there on my bike riding into the wind, concentrating on my riding, feeling great. Next thing I knew, there was a road block directly in front of me. I'd had my head down (because of the wind) and I'd missed it entirely. By the time I saw it, it was too late to do anything but ride right into it and so I did. Well, into it and over it. My bike and I did a full flip in the air over the concrete road block and landed on the other side. I was relatively uninjured (considering the fact that I could have broken my neck -- just a couple of bloody fingers, one of which I suspect might have been broken, and a bloody knee). My bike was very injured. I probably could have kept riding if I'd had something to ride on, but the condition of my bike ended the race for me. Enough said.
More December: Got a new bike! Something good had to come out of that accident! My new ride is a Specialized Allez Elite -- aluminum with a carbon fork, full 105 apart from the rear derailleur, which is Ultegra. Still not "top of the line", but a nice step up from my all-aluminum bike with Sora components. It's also smaller, so no more reaching. I haven't had the chance to ride it much, but from the little bit of riding I've done, I'm very happy. I bought it used from a woman who used to be on my team but quit triathlon. She bought it in June or July 2004 and quit the team less than six months later. I think she rode the bike outside four times and the rest of the time she rode it on the trainer. I got a very very good deal, which also made me very happy.
More December... Did my first mountain bike ride (on my husband's bike). First ride was great -- a lot of fun. Second was harder.
January: Back to training after a two-week training break. A couple of more rides on the mountain bike -- one good, one hard. I guess that's how it goes. I'm about ready to get my own bike -- my husband's is way too big and I think that's part of what's making it a bit hard for me.
Tough two weeks of training in January followed by an easy week (this week). I did my longest runs ever -- 12 km (twice) and 15 km. That doesn't sound far to those who train for half-marathons and marathons, but it's further than I ever thought I'd run! Some long swim workouts (3000 meters -- that's long to me...), too.
So that pretty much brings things up to date. I'm training now for the Ein Gedi 10k on February 18th and I've got another 10k the week before (Omer 10k), which we're using as a practice race. The first duathlon is in early April and the first triathlon is two or three weeks later. I've set a few goals for this year, but I'll post those separately when I have some more time.
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