May 10, 2007

One of these days!!

So, one of these days I will be back up and ready to race again. I had finally gotten back into a decent bit of fitness 2 weeks ago, running good, biking well, and getting the busted arm to swimming strength again. Until I finished a bike ride and found myself sick as a dog. I ended up with bronchitis for a week, and was pretty wasted. I finally felt good again after 10 days, and woke up with a nasty cold. Hey, does someone out there have a voodoo doll of me that I don't know about? This is getting a wee bit silly.

But seriously, things are coming around and I hope to be racing for the first time at Baja 70.3 in June. I am really looking forward to racing, but more excited in finding that rhythm of training I had in Australia in February. Things were just easy and smooth, and the fitness was just there. With a little patience, I will get there, and be ready to kill it in July- Nov.

I recently moved up the street to a bigger place with big brother Paul, and we are super happy in the new digs. Our old place was tiny, and the new place has room to stretch out and be a little more comfortable. The trails are super close, and there are good road rides just out the door- perfect.

I am taking an easy, and I mean EASY week this week to try and kick this cold so I can get back to business. I am going to race at Table Rock road race next weekend, where I will be defending my first Cat 1-2 race title. Weather is good, and I remember now why i live in Bend- Spectacular!! Till next time, get out there and ENJOY THE DAY- Matt :)