Just an Average SKIRT

One more week without a plan or techno-food, I’m going to live it up.  Recovery is going very well but it wasn’t until this week that I stopped feeling the underlying exhaustion that surprisingly held longer than expected.  The first week of recovery wasn’t as great as I imagined, I basically felt like crap.  Complete and total fatigue coupled with annoying cold like symptoms.  The second week although better is where I really started to feel my exhaustion.  I took a yoga class last Tuesday and it kicked my ass, it felt more difficult then IM.  I was sore for days afterwards and I still couldn’t get enough sleep.  I had a big week of massage last week, saw over 20 clients so I think that was contributing to my ability or lack thereof to knock out the final pieces of recovery.  This week is better already.

Sunday I hit the trail in Denver with some ladies for a 33 miles road ride.  No computer, no heart rate monitor and no idea how fast or how hard I was riding.  It was great freedom although I couldn’t help but envy the people out on tri bikes, I couldn’t help but think I was starting to miss the plan.   That has since changed after seeing BJ’s day #1 of training yesterday.  I’ve decided to embrace my last week of freedom as next week starts not only the plan but also 6 months of school at BCMT.  I’m going for their ‘graduate’ program to finish out my advanced certification in Sports and Orthopedic Massage while obtaining my Associates of Occupational Studies in massage therapy.

Met with Craig last week to discuss my new master for 2008 - peaking for the Cape Cod Marathon in October with a few stops along the way.  Best part….I’m only swimming and biking once a week.  Love it, now that’s my kind of plan.

Here’s the schedule:
8/17 Rattlesnake Sprint
8/24 Steamboat Tri
9/6 Oktoberfest Sprint
9/6 Skirt Chaser 5K
9/21 Boulder Marathon
10/26 Cape Cod Marathon
11/23 Volunteer at IM Arizona

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