A few weeks ago, I signed up to run two half ironman races this summer. One is the Patriot triathlon, at the end of June, and the other is the Timberman triathlon, in late August. A half ironman consists of: 1.2 mile swim, 56 miles bike ride, 13.1 mile run. Because of the significant increase in the running portion from my last triathlon, I began running longer distances in September. This led to three 1/2 marathons in September and October, and my addiction to distance running. In preparation for the 1/2 ironman races this summer, I thought it would be good to try to run a marathon and ride a century (100 miles) this spring. The Dana Farber Marathon Challenge helped me to plan the marathon component, and I plan to ride the CRW (Charles River Wheelmen) Spring Century in mid-May.
In the interim, I am trying to plan out a bunch of races for late Winter. In early February, my sisters and I will be heading to Cocoa Beach for a weekend. My older sister, Alison, will be surfing, and I will run a 1/2 Marathon (featuring live music all along the way!) I think it will be a nice change from the New England winter running. DFMC also has quite a number of organized long runs building up to the Marathon. I'm slowly trying to put together a race calendar, to keep everything organized. I'm also trying to find a good weekly workout schedule that includes running, biking and swimming.
The weather is forecast to be sunny and mild this week, so I hope to spend some time doing interval runs on the Charles, and maybe do another bike ride to practice using my new pedals and aerobars. I tried out my bike trainer (which mounts your bike so you can ride indoors), and it definitely provides a great workout, but it is pretty boring. I went through my iTunes folders and found the most hard-rocking songs I could, and made a one hour training mix. Riding indoors on a trainer with earphones on isn't my romanticized view of training, but it will have to suffice in the Winter months ahead.
swimming the pool line
close my eyes for a moment
imagine Walden
running over leaves
colored, softened, cushioned ground
below barren trees
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