Healthy Eating!?!?!?!?!?

This is officially the end of the 2009 season. More on that later.....First, let's talk about food.
Nutrition is a key element of triathlon. How do you get your kids to eat healthy? Put them by some fresh apples! Paul loves helping us collect the apples off our tree. He samples each as he crawls along. He also loves to inspect each and every apple by picking them up off the ground or taking them out of the bag, one by one. Crazy kid!



I like apples!

This apple passed the official taste test.

This morning's breakfast of champions. Cinammon rolls, egss, and long and thick pieces of bacon! And some super strong coffee. Of course, Paul had his basic breakfast of Cheerios and bananas.


Now onto some serious stuff. This is the last week of the 2009 season. While reviewing the training plan, I saw that my goal was to hit 80% of the training schedule and workouts I put together. I actually did that most of the season.

Last night I updated my philosophy and annual training plan for the 2010 season, which begins on Monday. I'm not doing much of a transition period because that is what I did most of September. I'm moving right into a base training period that consists of morning bike trainer rides and consistent running. October through December is pretty solid right now, and I have concepts for Jan-March, April-June, and then race-specific preps for races in July, August, and September. The plan progresses well from a base period Oct - March, and then it rolls into some higher intensity stuff after the universit Spring Break, and ends with race-specific training in July, August, and September.

Here's to the next 12 months of triathlon adventure!