Moving to the off season... What do I do?!?!

At the Finish Line

Over the Labor Day Weekend, Don and I drove to Des Moines, IA to complete the 5150 Championships! Yes, we both qualified at Memphis in May and we were really excited to do this race. Last year, Don had such a great time that I wanted to make sure I qualified. I did, as an over 40 female Athena....

The race was the best race that I had ever completed! This was the first time, I ran the entire run portion and not die.Though...during the swim, I swear, I drank more water than I did on the bike and run. Every time I got into a rhythm, I had someone come up behind me and nearly drown me.. When I got out of the water, I said, "Keep on going!!! You know you are ready for the bike and the run!.." That is what I did. My bike was the fastest bike ride I ever had and I killed it on the run! I had such a blast crossing that finish line.. When I looked up, I had a PR of 20 minutes from my last Olympic distance triathlon and this was a harder course.... What a way to finish the season!

So, now what do I do next?!? I talked with my coach and she recommended, that I take a break from triathlon training.. what, stop training? I just got the hang of this again... Well, after chatting about this over lunch and then on the phone, I realized that it is a good thing to take a break so, I won't get tired of running, biking and swimming... So, what should I do??

So, I still wanted the intensity of the triathlon training and the closest thing I thought would be P90X.. Yes, I will start the P90X workout! In addition, I will still try to fit in a run, bike and swim... So the next 90 days, this Speedy Turtle will be building up her strength! I hope to be able to do at least one pull-up.. I think this will be a lot of fun! In my 30's, I did a lot of strength training and I was addicted to getting more and more muscles....

I will try to keep this updated more often..  So.. on to the next journey of training..

Eling