Life as an inspiring Ironwoman...

Dear lovely friends,

It's Monday. First of all, thanks for getting the blog juices running, Shef. As a girl who needs to find some people to train with, I appreciate the "oh I'm in a different time zone, but doing it too!" commraderie. I enjoyed the "easy" week of training last week, especially with allergies and a bit of a cold. Yuck. But it looks like this coming weekend might be a kicker...oh yeah! I've been doing well staying on track with the training program, although I often have to switch days around or take my rest day later in the week because life just gets busy...and now with wedding season fast approaching, I'll really have to be on top of planning it all out far in advance to make sure I can get it all in!

Now Miss Catherine just did a marathon at the beginning of March and a half marathon yesterday?? Haha, beast! Good for you, Eastman! The weather is getting nice out here in MN so it's getting more enjoyable to do the longer runs and rides these days. Now if only it would get hot and I could swim outside...ahh, not much better than that!!!

So my life as an inspiring Ironwoman. Pretty uneventful. Jake came for a ride with me last weekend and it was WINDY as heck, but he said since he is the Man in the relationship, he's going to... draft behind me the entire time. He said, "I'm not above that...you're the ironwoman after all."

Nutrition: Yikes, I better get that article. TODAY I'm starting a healthier diet. People at work brought in all these jelly beans. I eat them by the handfull...and then there was a "buy one gallon, get one free" of ice cream...well we know where that went. Anyway, I need to be better about overall nutrition AND get the scoop on what to eat/how much for the race. Any tips you remember, Shef, yell them on out!

Hope you all have a great week and would love to see you soon!
jill :)

quick note- must buy!!

Hey Guys
I just got the new issue of triathlete magazine (May 2010) and the issue is dedicated to triathlon nutrition. Its great because that's one area that I need to be better about. As we scarf down calories it gives some good options as to what we should be scarfing...on and off the bike.
So anyways, a must buy the next time you are at a good magazine or book store-
you can always read similar stuff if you go to the triathlete magazine website!
happy training
Sheffy

catching up...literally

I thought this blog was supposed to fire us up....where is everybody ??? and where are your posts???
I hope everyone had a good productive recovery week. It's so important to be rested in the building cycle to prevent over training... i see people walk through the door all the time with overuse injuries, rest days or plans dont fit their lifestyle, so they are working on recovering from injuries instead!
I have been more religious than I thought i would be with this plan. I occasionally miss a workout here and there but for the most part im kicking my butt up and down some of our hilly durham roads... its great to have Ashley with me ...I would encourage you guys to find group rides etc soon. Its a WAY more enjoyable experience when you have someone bitching about the hill with you :)
I hope to have more pictures of us training up soon.
Well, thats all I had just wanted to HI EVERYONE. Get off your butts (bikes) and write something once in a while, i need some inspiration!!!