New personal info required for MapMyRide, MapMyRun, etc

I was going to write about how tomorrow is a great day to get back into a good workout routine because it's the first of the month and a Monday. I'm excited about doing that because I've let myself go for the ENTIRE month of July and I feel like crap.  But......

I went to log-in to MapMyRide.com tonight. Up pops a window that says they "need some more information" from me, like birthday and whether I'm male or female. I understand the marketing side of a free site, but I'm not giving up that information when they didn't need it before. So I go over to MapMyRun.com, hoping that somehow that new requirement isn't there, too, but no luck. So I found their survey and told them I'm no longer using the site until they drop that requirement for additional personal information.  I'll just use Google Earth or something until that happens. Til then, I can't share a route easily in the blog. But I'm drawing a line on personal information being on everyone's server. Maybe I'll change my mind down the road, but for now I think it's too much.

Reset Button!

Well, the entire month of July fell apart for workouts. The Pocatello race was fun, of course, but I had almost no workouts because of travel and other work.

So now I'm telling myself that I'll just hit the reset button and start again...FRESH!....on August 1. That sounds good, right. I might have lost some fitness, but I I certainly still have a nice foundation. I'll just have to build the high-intensity level again. The goal is to be able to do well at the Xterra Triathlon in Park City.

That's what I'm telling myself now, anyway.

Breakfast like a king....

Triathlete.com » Racing Weight: The Benefits Of Eating A Big Breakfast – Triathlete.com

Ten years ago, I didn't believe the idea that big breakfast was the healthiest way to go. After making a concerted effort to change that in the past five years, I now know the truth. Whoever said it was right: "Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dinner like a pauper" is definitely the way to go.  Going one step further, I would like to add that a big workout right when you get up (after a couple cups of coffee, of course) followed by the big breakfast is a sure-fire way to lose weight.

Pocatello Tri race results

Race day came and went. Nice course. Chip seal wasn't bad. Swam in my own lane in a second of two waves, then biked basically all alone, then ran basically alone, too. 6am start was EARLY but ok; would have been really hot otherwise. Only 20 people in the olympic distance, 120 or so in the sprint distance.

Completed the olympic distance in 2:25:XX. Kind of slow but a nice race.

This was the inaugural Olympic Distance race for Pocatello. Lance and crew did a GREAT job with it. Very informal, with a kind of show-n-go feel to it.

Details in a few days.

Race Day!

It's dark as I'm ready to ride down to the park! I have no race plan, and I have this crazy idea of just cruising through the race and enjoying it instead of pushing to the limit. Weather should be nice, perfect actually. Off we go!

Hometown race on Saturday, BUT....

But I haven't been prepping at all. I have maybe three workouts in the last four weeks since my last race.

I've heard of post-race blues, but this my first experience with them. Like I said three weeks ago, I just can't find the motivation. I'm also travelling alot for work and fun that is causing some schedule issues. It's also interesting that I haven't gained any weight with no workouts and eating and drinking whatever I feel like.

I'm wondering how others deal with this.

Recover, Rest, Relaxation

Incredibly, I am still sore from drill PT on Sunday! How does that happen? Do a few leg lifts, sprint 100 yards, jog a bit, pushups, pullups....and then still sore three days later. It boggles the mind. Anyway....

Tomorrow me and the family are off to Yellowstone for R&R&R. Fishing will be tough because the water is incredibly high. And I won't be spending any time in the backcountry because of the little ones (I'm going to wait til they are potty trained to go into the backcountry. I don't want a bear sniffing around some diapers). Weather should be standard weather, so we'll get some hiking in, of course.

I always feel incredibly refreshed after a few days in Yellowstone, and I'm looking forward to making some family memories (not that the little ones could remember, but that's why we have cameras!).