2017: All the Things!
2017 is shaping up to be an interesting year; I quit my job to start a new business in January, so Iāve been essentially āstarting a businessā for the last 3 months (aka still havenāt made money from said business). Which also means Iāve been unemployed for the last 3 months. You may think that means Iāve been training a ton, but I havenāt really been training any more then I did before. Mostly because starting a business is a full-ish time job, and also because I had no idea what I was going to be able to race until very recently.
Since I didnāt know what my schedule would be like (ok, I still donāt), and I didnāt know if I would be able to afford racing (I probably canāt), I have put off deciding on any races until now, other then High Cascades since I paid for that back in December. But I did decide to go ahead with Coeur dāAlene 70.3, since Iāve been quasi-training for it, and I need goals.
Iāve really been focused on swimming; I think Iām getting faster, but only a race will tell. And wouldnāt you know, the first open water race is in a little over a week! And Hagg Lake is still in the 50s! Dear god itās going to be cold. Iām already cold just thinking about it. Iām starting to wonder if I should swim in a dry suit š
The best news of all is that Iāve had ZERO knee pain with running! Itās a true miracle. Weāve done some pretty long runs in Forest Park recently, and Iāve had few issues. We did some pretty fast long runs too, so Iām feeling much more confident. Iām curious to see how this will change my race, since last year I felt my biggest limiter was having to keep the pace moderate to save the knee.
Finally, I recently acquired a Vector powermeter; I tested it out today. I have no real idea of what the numbers really mean, but Iām so excited to have yet another number to stare at while I ride ?.
Related, I canāt wait to do some more bike packing where I can toss my Garmin!