Laura: Okay.. my, uh, journey begins, uh, too

So my beginning has been a bit choppy. I did a decent job of maintaining fitness from last years season until December hit hard. Two sick kids = no gym.. boo hoo. Jan 1 a new start. At the gym every day be 8:30am for Cycling or swimming. Uh, the kids used to wake up at 6:30am which made an 8:30am class time super easy to hit - these days they are getting up around 7:30am and getting to the gym by 8:30am with two 1.5 year olds in tow is IMPOSSIBLE! We have some schedule adjusting to do, but I'll figure it all out. I really hate having to do all of my workouts indoors, but the first part of the winter has been brutally cold and we got 30+ inches of snow in December - the snow is lingering and a lot of the sidewalks aren't cleared enough for the double jogger to get through. Boo Hoo poor me. The sob story ends here. I'm adjusting things... including setting my alarm instead of depending on the kids and getting them up a bit earlier so I have no excuses.

As w/ Andy, the swim will (is always) be my hardest event. I took an intro to masters swimming which helped my stroke a lot - now I just need to put the time in. Swimming is hard and I find it to be VERY boring. You can't look around and talk to people. BLAH! Not to mention breathing is a struggle.

There I go again being negative... I was supposed to leave that back in 07! On to 08! It's going to be a big year - well, 6 months actually - and I have big plans for the next 6 months. I've charted out some races to hit that include, but are not limited to, Verona Olympic Tri (June 15th), Lk Stevens 70.3 (July 6th), Accenture Olympic (Aug 24th). There are a few more rolling around in the back of my brain: Lone Star Tri in Houston late March (sprint or Olympic), A new tri locally in Madison June 7th, and Devil's lake in Sept. We'll see. My main focus is the 70.3.

I will again be participating in Team In Training as a mentor for the Accenture Tri adn will therefore have a coach at my disposal starting in April. YEAH!

So here's to a challenging and fun 2008!