Getting (the) back on track

6-4-09

Getting (the) back on Track

I’ve been way off the blogosphere over the last month +. Lots of things happening. First off I decided to pull the plug on Ironman racing for this season. I’ve have had a chronic back injury (since my mogul skiing days circa late 1990s) that has progressively got worse on the bike over the last 5-6 months especially. It really affects my ability to ride at race effort over about an hour. At that point I get excruciating lower back pain that I was trying to just “deal with”. It was kind of like hitting my head against a wall. Once the pain sets in I just can’t access my fitness which was frustrating to no end. I have to sit up stretch and sometimes stop if it’s really bad. It happened at Cali 70.3 this year and also at Jerseyman (dropped out because of it). Jerseyman was really the final test to determine whether I would psuh through for Ironman Cour d alene. So anyhow after Jersey my focus has changed completely. The focus now is going to be on short course and get healthy. The short hard rides don’t aggravate and running also feels great. Long periods of being hunched over is where I need to be careful.
I’m also going to stay local and try to save some $ (we just went to contract on a house!!!!!). My work with QT2 systems continues to grow and I am just so happy to be learning from the one of the best coaches in the sport (Jesse Kropelnicki). Also my mentor and pro triathlete Tim Snow with QT2 has taught me a great deal. So here’s my plan forward—

June 9th catamount 5k (tentative)

June 11th Elmore practice tri (tentative)

June 20 Shelburne Sprint tri

June 28th VT Sun Tri

July 4th Clarence demar 5k – GMAA or shelburne sprint (tentative)

July 12th Vt Sun sprinr or black fly tri

Aug 9th VT sun Oly


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