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<\/p>\nPflugerville is my 8th race this year.\u00a0 I’ve had a lot of fun this spring, and I feel like I’ve gotten decent at the whole sprint triathlon process by repetition, but I’m ready for a little break.<\/p>\n
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One more outing for this kit and then it gets a rest.<\/em><\/p>\n However, let’s kick the tires and light the fires one more time, because Sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY, we race our 8th Lake Pflugerville Tri.\u00a0 At this point, my legs pretty much have what they have, so this week has been more about doing stuff I feel like doing when I feel like doing it.\u00a0 I am the most meticulous coach ever but it’s officially my last week of season Pt 1, and I’m ready for it.<\/p>\n Last week<\/p>\n So yeah, not much.\u00a0 3.25 hours.\u00a0 There will be plenty of time to smash myself, right now is not one of them.<\/p>\n This week has been\/will be:<\/p>\n Looking at last year’s results, with what I know I can do on an average day this year, I’ll be in the mix for a podium slot.\u00a0\u00a0 I should be through the swim and out of transition in about 13-14 minutes.\u00a0 I’m hoping to bike about 19 mph, which would have me through transition two in a little under an hour.\u00a0 If I can do that, which is well within my capabilities, it’s all about the run I can produce.\u00a0 I’m probably going to have to set a run PR here to do it, but honestly, it’s not going to be that hard because I’m in better shape than I have been in years.\u00a0 So, it’s all up to how bad I want it, chasing down people on the stupid kitty litter trail.<\/p>\n On one hand, it would be nice to cap the season pt 1 with a podium, and prove to myself I can do that in Austin races, and not just out of town.\u00a0 On the other hand, I’ve had such a great spring I won’t be heartbroken if I don’t.\u00a0 All I can do is go out there and race my ass off, which I plan to do!<\/p>\n Hopefully with much less heel striking…<\/em><\/p>\n I’m actually mimicing a body shape and preparation from 2014, when I was weighing in the low to mid-170s and specifically trained for short course triathlon, where I did really really well.\u00a0 So, I have high hopes.<\/p>\n I didn’t have the most stellar week in nutrition land last week.\u00a0 I did just fine on the weekdays, but our grill going out\/being so hangry I needed a salad and an appetizer made Friday night’s meal WAYYYY more calories than normal.\u00a0 Then, after the race Saturday, vegetables were positively repulsive to me but I was super hungry, so that went to the tune of about an 800 calorie surplus over what I burned.\u00a0 Sunday, I let myself indulge a little bit and ate some pizza I was craving and went slightly over the calories I burned as well.\u00a0 So, my numbers are going to look like crap, but here they are:<\/p>\n All I can do is own it.\u00a0 I should have packed up half my dinner on Friday, but I ate it to the point of being uncomfortably stuffed, probably influenced by the fact that I was peeved about the situation.\u00a0 I tried to eat immediately post race on Saturday, but a spicy kielbasa wrap did not sit well at 8:30am, so I made it through barely half and didn’t eat again til 1pm when I was utterly starving and remained in that state pretty much all day.\u00a0 I have just recently found these protein chips<\/a> and I think I will be packing a bag of them for after every race from now on, just in case the food is unappealing.\u00a0 Maybe that will help?\u00a0 And then, my husband is the opposite – not much appetite the day of, but the day after he’s a hunger monster, which leads me to overeat that day too sometimes (this being one of them).<\/p>\n In the grand scheme of things, it’s one weekend.\u00a0 But I have a few of these “just one weekends” coming up and unless I want to call the weight loss progress right here right now (and I don’t), I need to step it up.<\/p>\n It’s still going down, but flattening out a bit.\u00a0 I’m going to endeavor to work a little harder the rest of the month to increase the angle downward a bit.<\/p>\n Besides just the normal, I know I need to do these things on Sunday:<\/p>\n This next week is that wonderful week where I make no progress because my body is angry about the lack of my procreation, so I’ll probably get back to this reporting (not logging, I do that daily still) in two weeks when the curve starts to slope down again.<\/p>\n I finally culled, edited, and posted my vacation photos from my camera.\u00a0 I was hoping to get maybe half a dozen to a dozen shots I wanted to submit to various photo sites and I came up with 28.\u00a0 Most sites want something like 10-15 for the application process, so at least I have something to work with.\u00a0 Submitting photos that are rejected doesn’t preclude me from trying again after the next vacation with a new set, so worst case I get some feedback on what I’m doing wrong and become a better photographer.\u00a0 Best case, they like my photos and I can make a little money doing something I love anyway.<\/p>\n Also, that means I’ll post about my vacation next week.\u00a0 Honestly, I’ve written about cruises so much, it will be a photo dump with some words. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n
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