So, having registered for my first tri (Philly Sprint Insurance Tri, June 23) a while back, I went into training ecstasy. I didn't think I'd enjoyed it so much. I filled every hour to the brim with training, to the point I was possibly on the brink of overtraining. But I loved it. After all, it gave me something to do to take my mind off of The Boy having moved off to Colorado for 8 months for a temporary job assignment (after I had just moved in with him months prior).

Maybe I thought that if I trained hard enough, that 8 months would fly by. And it did, because The Boy came home a week or so ago, and now the prospect of the Tri is looming in the upcoming weeks.

Life has begun to come back now, the family affairs and the housework blues and the newly engaged list of things to do and people to see, and well, training has taken a bit of a back seat.

It took me a bit by surprise, but I realized a few weeks ago that I hadn't run in almost a month! Eek! I had been feeling so strong about this tri, and perhaps because the distances aren't too out of my range I felt like I could slack off a bit. Which isn't good.

But now I'm stressing, and starting running again, and doing a bit of swimming and cycling, and we'll see how it goes!

Yesterday I did a brick with The Boy. 16 miles on the bike followed by a 2 mile run. I felt okay, until about mile 1.5 of the run. I think if it was race day I could have pushed through and run the 5K.

This Friday I have my longest run ever scheduled, a 5-miler after work which should be... interesting. And I racked up 15 miles towards my June-August 100-mile running challenge, so I'm off to a good start there. Last swim class of the season is tonight, and then I get my weeks back to cycle.

There really is no point to this rambling post, but just to say that thanks everyone for posting their race reports, I need to get in The Zone again and am looking forward to putting on my warpaint on June 23!

K.