And It Begins!

Woo Hoo! My "time off" is officially OVER!!!!!!! After the pretty intense end to my summer / early fall racing (it still makes me chuckle to talk about *my* racing season - makes me sound like such an athlete, doesn't it?) I had 3 weeks of "fun" planned in my schedule by my coach to allow me to recoup physically and mentally. No running, no biking, no swimming, but I could do anything else - pretty much whatever I wanted. And I did have fun revisiting some old workouts that I haven't used in a while, and discovered some new great ones, as I mentioned in my previous post.

It was fun, but I was close to losing my mind! I'm SO ready to get back to "real" training again, especially to start ramping up for the marathon. I'm just so darned excited about the whole thing, I can barely contain myself!!!!!!

This week I ease back into the swim/bike/run schedule, and I'm just itching to get on my bike tomorrow (Monday is my rest day)! And, as if it were fate, my Newton's arrived today!!!! I've got a run scheduled for Wednesday, and while it is killing me to wait, I'll have to wait. My coach, after all, might read this blog now and again, so I've got to be good. :)

So hold onto your hats boys and girls, It Begins!