Moving....

Feels good to be out of second gear....when I got hit with my "Chest Thing"- I had an easy week thinking seven days of 'active recovery' like workouts and two full rest days would do It. Nope, I had last week too. Seven more days of sessions with very little speed, and a ton of easy. Yesterday and this morning in the pool I was able to give some gas, and though I'll need a few days to get speed back I happy I managed the detour well. Good thing too-I felt discouraged and really began to over analyze things. All the while Rhonda was keeping me cool. She is so solid-She is amazing. If I could be better at telling myself what she kept telling me, a few days of worry would have been avoided. Last night we were talking and reading in James about how we deal with the "what"- when it's not "what" we want. I kept telling my self over and over-"OK this is where I should be rejoicing-Right??" - but man...it was tough. I just felt like crap. Last Friday when I started my swim, I knew I had to bag it. I thought about just like in the dark times of a race, we have dark times in training. In both- patience is the only way to get through. Be confident in the work you KNOW you have done, and wait. Things this week will be awesome for me. I'm stoked- I feel rested. Now I've got to be smart.

I had a question a while back about the gear I'm using....I'm still switching a few things around- but before Ironman Texas, once I'm set-- I'll share with you all the details. I hope this is cool!!

Earlier this week I talked with an athlete about nutrition. More specifically what I eat during days where I
Have multiple sessions. For me this is all the time, so I call in between workout meals -bridge meals. Eating either after, before or between workouts. The canned answer is of course-that each athlete is different and going with what you have or know is a good place to at least start. For me-I'm sure to stick with easily digestible food. As an example-tomorrow when I get of work I'll head to the pool. Heavy swim days I'll have a banana and some almond butter prior to swim. Post swim I'll have a Living Fuel,eggs/avacado/spinach/sweet potato.

Before second session I may have some almonds. Once completed I'll stick with similar foods. Again-Salad/sweet potato/pumpkin/squash. If its been a tough workout I'll mix other CHO's/I eat a ton of chicken.

These are my safe "bridge" foods. Stuff that works to help me through the day. I'll mix it up too to help keep
It fresh. Bananas are a staple though. Peanut butter too... Of course (good PB)

I'm jumping around here so I'll close by again letting you know how stoked I am to be training and living in my RYU gear.

It-is-amazing, and I thank team
RYU for blessing me with the privilege of being an athlete for a truly awesome product. I am RYU.

I've been fortunate to have such cool people and sponsors helping me.

Without them.....I am nothing....