Between Then and Now

So a few months have passed since last July. In that time a few exciting things have happened.

1. I got a new bike!!! My biking can use all the help it can get so I looked for an affordable yet fast triathlon racing bike. My previous had just been a simple road bike. With pedals shoes and accessories the whole thing cost me about $3000... Yeah, I justify it by saying it's my first car...

2. My second and final season of cross country came and went. Once again my goals were to finish every race and never finish last. I never finished last and I finished every race, even the one that I stopped and threw up after three miles. Jamestown caf food. Nuff said. I finished the season with a PR of 31:42 at our home meet. Over a minute and a half faster than last year's PR.

3. I'm going to Australia!!! At least I hope so... I have been accepted to study abroad at the University of Western Sydney! I just need to make sure my credits over there will transfer otherwise I can't go. Crossing my fingers!

4. Indoor track is over and we are on to outdoor. I took the final weeks of February and the first couple weeks of March off to avoid the same mistake of that need for recovery in late April of 2011. Learning how your body works is key. Unfortunately my motivation level has been down lately. I think I'm just getting tired from the day to day craziness of the life of a college student (who seems to commit to way to much...) It is getting to the point where I don't feel good on my easy runs, keep pressing and hope it's just a lull.

5. I had a first, and not a good one. I got hit by a car two weeks ago on my run. I stayed on my feet but still got nailed pretty hard on the hip and butt. A setback that I could've gone without. The worst part is he kept driving after blowing a stop sign and hitting a runner... not cool! But I'm feeling fine now.

That's it for now! The next blog should be about my upcoming summer races and then on to blogging about the current track season and workouts. We are all caught up to present day, I hope you enjoyed the brief history! Thanks for reading!