Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Pro Triathlete career on hold yet again...

Well it's official, I'm officially NOT unemployed (at least until the next round of layoffs). At 8:30 yesterday morning I was pulled into a conference room and informed that I was not impacted by the current head count reduction. So I guess I can hold off on selling my kidney for now. I wasn't sure how to react when my boss broke the news. I had assumed I wasn't impacted so I wasn't surprised. Hearing it from him though was both a relief and a disappointment. Relieved that I don't have to worry about the stress of deciding what to do next. But disappointed that I'm not being forced to explore what else is out there. I also felt a little bit of guilt as some of those I work with that actually need and/or want to work here found out they were loosing their jobs. It made me grateful that I'm in the situation that I am. As far as timing goes it's probably better to not have the stress right now since AZ IM is so close. I found that with CDA IM last year when we decided to close on our house the week of the race and had to move the week after. I think the stress related to the whole buy/sell/move process had some impact on my race. So I am back to business as usual. Training, eating, sleeping, and more training. Just over 5 weeks until Palm Springs training camp. I think I am looking forward to that just as much as the race. The weather has been so bad this year I can't remember what it's like to ride in shorts.


Training is going very well. My running has really improved in the last month. I've gotten to were I can do my long runs (15 to 16 miles) at a sub 7:30 pace while keeping my HR below 150 avg. This is about 30 sec per mile faster then I was able to run 11 weeks before IM CDA. I think a big contributor to this nutrition. I think I finally have it dialed in. The bike is the mystery to me right now. With the weather being the way it is I am having a hard time telling were I am. If I am able to ride outside it's ether really cold, really wet, or both. This usually impacts my energy level and my ability to ride for longer then 3 hrs (because I get sooo cold). Now that I have a power meter though I should be able to start getting a better idea from ride to ride on how I'm doing. This week is a recovery week so things are light. Only 10 workouts totaling just under 11 hrs. It's been nice mentally to have some extra time to get some domestic duties taken care of.

Well.... back to work!

7 comments:

Chris said...

Good luck with IM AZ. I raced IM CDA last year as well and will be at IMLP and AZ in November.

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