Labor Day

Whew! Where did the summer go? It was 50 degrees this morning when I left for work in COS.

After a few months, my whole family is now back under one roof. I moved to COS in April, wife and younger son in June, and our older son joined us in August. It is good to have everyone together and all is going relatively well. Both boys just started school and seem to be off to a good start. Wife is pretty busy scurrying people around to where they need to be and getting our house settled. Moving cross country is more demanding than I realized. We all miss friends back home but are trying to find new ones out here.

As for training, it has been spotty. I have some good workouts every now and then and even some good training weeks. But I have not been able to put together two good consecutive weeks. Will try again this week and next. Have a long swim this Fri followed by a long bike on Sat. Need to get it done!

Went to Switzerland last week on business. The country is beautiful, the people friendly, and the food is great! Didn't want to come home! Would love to retire there, but it is rather expensive. So it put a cramp in my training and my left shoulder. Sitting on the plane for 100 hours must have done it. It's killing me, but getting better. It was worth the trip though. I can train anytime.

Supposed to do the Harvest Moon HIM in Auroria, CO (Denver area) next week. Have no idea how well I will do. Am doing this as a training workout, not for a PR. The water will be chilly and the bike hilly. The run is flat and wide open. Temps can range from snowing to hot. So who knows?

The next 12 weeks are CRITICAL to my success at IMAZ! I could really use some folks to train with, or to just kick me in the rump to get me going. Difficult to train solo for this, but that's what it calls for so that's what I will do.

Will post again after the HIM on Sept 14.

Cheers!