Named to the 2009 Nova Scotia CG Triathlon Team!

After many months of preparation and focus on the Canada Games selection process I've officially made the team! I'm stoked! June was a crazy month with 3 out of 4 weekends taken up with races! Now that that's done it's time to focus on the next goal of being ready for the August 18th and 21st. I'm feeling very motivated and have been building back into training nicely.
More news coming soon, but I need to get out training now! :)

Training

Training is going really well. I feel really strong this week and I'm happy to be outside on the bike riding hard. Swimming is going well and really fast! I can't beleive some of the times I've been throwing down in practice! Yesterday we did 10x100 and then 10x50 and I was holding between 1:12's- 1:15 for the 100's and 35-37's for the 50's super awesome! I've had a couple of former CIS swimming medalists in my lane so it's really been pushing me! I feel even with the reduced mileage since the end of swim season that I'm actually swimming faster. :) Biking is going well, hard to judge untill I really get into th outdoor riding. Running is good, been having some amazing fast runs.

Back home now!

After a really busy week I'm back home in Halifax and adjusting into a new routine. Things are going well and I've been busy unpacking my things and fitting in my workouts. Tomorrow I'm going to a Canada Games session where we're going to be sized for gear and things. So hopefully it will be good motivation to keep training hard!

A training update coming later tonight!

Back to Blogging!

After a busy week I finally have some time to relax, and just hang out. The last week has been hectic. From Thursday afternoon though to yesterday I spent most of my time studying for exams I had Monday and Tuesday, stats on Monday and Econ on Tuesday morning. I spent hours of everyday doing practice problems, reading and making chapter summary's. Next Tuesday I have two more exams: Human Geography 2-5pm and then Comp Sci. 7-10pm. It's also been busy getting ready to move home and start a new routine with life and training.

Had a good workouts yesterday: run a 4x1000m workout out a road I had measured a week ago when pretty good, run 3:38, 3:33, 3:27 and 3:31. I was happy with this workout and I'm looking forward to building on it and into to more speed stuff in a month or so. Had an easy swim yesterday as well, just lots of drills and stuff.

I'll definitely miss swimming at the Mt. A pool, but it was be a nice change. I also look forward to swimming in outdoor pools and swimming open water. I'm also looking forward to running on a track instead of a dirt road :)

Training shifted a little bit this week to 1 more run, 1 more bike, 1 less swim. should be a good change.

Heading to the pool in a bit cycling and strength work later. Feeling motivated right now!

Update from the last couple of days..

It's recovery week this week
Training update:
Monday: Swim: MS's: 5x50 fly, 12x100 (6 free on 1:30, 6 stroke on 1:45), 800 pull sprint on whistle
Bike: 3x4minutes at low zone 3, 2 minutes in between. HR monitor was annoying so I took it off :)

Tuesday: Easy run- 30 minutes- just an easy run, try to keep the Technique together. Picked up my cell phone on the run since I had lost it on the bus.
Swim: MS's 4x100 fly on 2:00 with fins, 500, 400, 300, 200 pull with "BIG paddles" on :30 rest :) , 6x50 easy

Life is busy, Up late yesterday in computer lab working on stats for a lab exam which is in 20 minutes. Cool, feeling ready.

Training Update

Spring has returned, and the grass is starting to show through!
Lots of soild swims this week. Swimming everyday this week mon-fri. Lots of solid sets, feeling very good in the water. We went a 1500m with fins for time yesterday, felt good and relaxed, went 18:15. Coach come up with lots of interesting set this week.
Running and doing an easy swim later.
I'm looking forward to my workouts this weekend, should be good!
Not much of an update, but I'm not really thinking straight right now, very busy week with school. Still not sure how I fit everything in.

Another solid training day, but no longer spring!

Well it's winter again! We got tons of snow! As in it's been snowing since 7:45am this morning after practice...

Solid training today!
6:10am-swim, wow that's early! swam 3500m with the group,swam solid, MS:5x300 on 4:30

4:45pm- run 35mins, aerobic with 1 minute intervals thrown in as I like! :)

Should be another good day tomorrow, haven't decide what workouts in doing yet. Had another epsom bath tonight, so feeling really relaxed!