General Life Update July 15, 2009

I haven’t written a post in a while. So, I’m going to just write an overview about what I’ve been up to. My life has been pretty boring since my vacation to Aruba. It consists of training, working, sleeping, and eating pretty much.

My training has been pretty lax, probably because I haven’t actually signed up for an event. I haven’t raced in over a year (Horrible, I know). But, I can’t seem to bring myself to sign up, to commit. I’m nervous and I’m not quite sure why because it’s not as though I’ve never done this before. Plus, I continue to train at the same level. I don’t seem to be improving. Last year, I was in a triathlete club. Then, I started a new job that required me to have set hours, 7am – 6pm. So, I quit the club because we trained from 5am – 7am. I’ve tried to keep up the training on my own, but the training (as I’ve recently determined) was NOT sufficient. Two weeks ago, I decided to cycle with the club on the weekend. We road from UCF past Fort Christmas. On the way out, I was fine. I never even got dropped. On the way back, however, I felt as though I was going to die. Most of the people in the group turned back to do another loop. Seeing that I already felt like crap, I continued on the path back to the start. Total, I rode for about 3 1/2 hours and OH MAN was I sore after. I haven’t worked out with them since. The problem is, I’d like to have at least one person with whom to train. My bf is not at all interested nor are any of my friends. I love the sport and will continue despite the fact that no one else wants to participate but it would be nice. Anyway, so I got a trainer. He’s going to help me kick it up a notch.


Work is definitely the same. I don’t think I can even come up with much to say about it. I’m bored. Nuf’ said.


Sleeping. Aaaaaa sleep. It’s my favorite time, but I don’t get much of it. I’m up at 4:30am and training by 5am. I don’t get home from work until 7:30pm. Then I work on my project (top secret, I’ll let you know when I launch) for a bit and have dinner. I should really be in bed by 8:30pm to get a full 8 hours of sleep, but I’m lucky if I ‘m asleep by 10:00pm. I’ve tried taking naps in my car, but it is SOOO HOTTT outside!!! And I live too far to go home for a nap. I’m not complaining because I made this schedule, but man it would be nice if there were more hours in the day.


I love to eat. I’m pretty sure that my eating habits contribute negatively to my training, but I like foods that taste good and can be prepared quickly. So, if anyone has any ideas on how to “have my cake and eat it too,” let me know.


That’s it. That’s all you’ve missed. Lame, isn’t it? Things have gotta change.

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