Check out the sidebar. There is now an updated "tentative race schedule" for this year. Pretty exciting, eh?
So far this has been a season of ups and downs, with some great fitness gains, and some really annoying injuries/sicknesses that have caused some setbacks. Still, I feel like I'm making some good progress, and I'm looking forward to some opportunities to show that off.
The only guarantee on there is the first one. I'm actually registered, and it's really unlikely that the baby will show up before then. Then you'll notice the big break. That's because I'm assuming things will be (more than) a bit hectic for a while, so who knows what kind of training I can get in? Or time away to play "Racerman"? Hopefully, I'll still have enough legs and lungs to make it to a couple of shorter triathlons this year, but those won't get a decision until the week or two before.
After Muskoka (assuming I do it), I think I'm going to switch to a run-focus for a couple of months, and see what I can do in some fall races, gearing up for a fast half-marathon. Nothing that requires much travel, except maybe if I sneak down to London. (That's right, Mark, I'm knocking you back a place. But I'll buy lunch if you go under 22.)
Of course, all this is dependent on the whims of the wife and wee one. (Holy Alliteration Batman!) But that's the roughed out schedule. If I can learn to run fast this fall, I'll quit losing two minutes to the fast guys in my AG next year. Just one minute. Then I can get all the 2nds and 3rds I missed last year. First Loser FTW!
You guys are welcome to stay with us when you come down for Springbank.
ReplyDeleteIt's even OK that you'll push me back a place, because the pushback will only happen on the race results, not the series points. As luck would have it, series points are awarded based on your age during the first race of the season, so you won't affect my point standings in the 30-34 age group ;)
The baby will definitely necessitate changes to your training schedule, but if you go in with the "adaptive running" approach in mind, you'll be fine; you'll just be adapting to an additional non-running constraint. I don't have any deep insights to offer, since it's all pretty obvious: some nights you'll get less sleep than other nights and will thus be less recovered than you are accustomed to. Sometimes you'll have a good night, get a great sleep and that is the day to get a quality workout in. Screw what the schedule says. In your own words: "Do what you can, when you can".
You might even get lucky and have a baby that sleeps soundly every night -- such things exist!