After an arduous 2 - day drive with a locft 1 hour of sleep (which shouldn't count when you're curled up in the front seat parked on the side of a freeway), getting acquainted with our new house-mates: two active dogs (owners to be coming home soon!) ,and jumping in a few master swim programs, I’m finally settling into my new training base situated in Boulder, Colorado.
I joined up with Boulder Aquatic Masters (BAM) and Dave Scott at Flatirons Athletic Club for some grueling swim sessions. If you name a triathlete, they are all here…albeit swimming in a few lanes up and a lot faster me! It's been a huge eye-opener to watch Joanna Zeiger or Julie Dibens swim circles around me. I've got work to do! Thankfully, Dave Scott has already provided me with a few pointers to help my atrocious stroke.
Boulder is a very different place than anywhere I've been. It's surrounded by open-space filled with trails galore, mountain ranges to explore, and amazing shoulders on paved highways. No more do I have to hold my handle bars and grimace while riding down the road. In California, the roads were epic: potholes everywhere. But here, the roads are like slick ice and you ride like the wind. My wheels are spinning fast because of the low air resistance. Now my legs just have to keep up with them.
Everyone drives a Subaru with a bike rack two dogs, owns at least two bikes, and is active. You get the occasional smoker on the sidewalk but they are a dying breed (no pun intended)! Yesterday, while changing for my morning swim session with Dave, I overheard an elderly lady (that by all means would put me to shame while riding a bike. She had calves the size of baseballs) talking about her new Speedplay pedals with a fellow cyclist (whom also was as old as my grandma but looked as strong as an ox). I was taken aback to hear such a conversation and quickly put in my place. You have to love it when someone in their late sixties talks about pedals on a bike and climbing up the local hills at a fast clip. I smiled. You have to love it.
I'm looking to put in a solid training block, and then head back to Canada for a bit. I've changed a few things in my training so that I'm able to continue to build up my chassy with no injury. It's become an act of patience. I have to keep reminding myself, patience and consistency equals success.
Boulder is a very different place than anywhere I've been. It's surrounded by open-space filled with trails galore, mountain ranges to explore, and amazing shoulders on paved highways. No more do I have to hold my handle bars and grimace while riding down the road. In California, the roads were epic: potholes everywhere. But here, the roads are like slick ice and you ride like the wind. My wheels are spinning fast because of the low air resistance. Now my legs just have to keep up with them.
Everyone drives a Subaru with a bike rack two dogs, owns at least two bikes, and is active. You get the occasional smoker on the sidewalk but they are a dying breed (no pun intended)! Yesterday, while changing for my morning swim session with Dave, I overheard an elderly lady (that by all means would put me to shame while riding a bike. She had calves the size of baseballs) talking about her new Speedplay pedals with a fellow cyclist (whom also was as old as my grandma but looked as strong as an ox). I was taken aback to hear such a conversation and quickly put in my place. You have to love it when someone in their late sixties talks about pedals on a bike and climbing up the local hills at a fast clip. I smiled. You have to love it.
I'm looking to put in a solid training block, and then head back to Canada for a bit. I've changed a few things in my training so that I'm able to continue to build up my chassy with no injury. It's become an act of patience. I have to keep reminding myself, patience and consistency equals success.
3 comments:
It is never too late to learn. ............................................................
Boulder is magic ;-)
Enjoy and hope to see you out there
Nice work on your last few races, fastest bike split girl!
If I owned a bike company I would give you a major sponsorship but I don´t even own a single piece of furniture....
These big rich bike sponor folks need to step it up and give you the best thing out there and some serious plata (money!)
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