5 Days of Nothing

Hi. It's Laura.  

Happy Friday! 

This week was a recovery week for me. Apparently it was in the cards for me to recover from everything. 

After building my distance, endurance and intensity for the first four weeks of training, I am able to pull back and allow my body to recover before starting the next four weeks of higher intensity training. 

I wish I could say it was an exciting week. I wish I had some stories to tell. But as of this moment, I have not much to tell. You know it’s a boring week when I am more worried about my fresh manicure in the pool than I am about whether or not I swimming fast and long enough. 

FYI: Gel manicures ROCK! Swimming as much as I have been, a regular manicure would have fallen apart in a just two swims (can you say over chlorinated). But my last one survived two weeks.  

I rode in Central Park a few times this week, nothing. 

I ran in Central Park a few times, Drama Free. 

I swam a few times at the JCC, Uneventful. I am however all caught up on those swims. 

I had dinner plans, all got cancelled. 

I had clients scheduled in the evenings, didn’t happen. 

Weekend plans? Mother Nature isn’t ready! 

I know I say I hate drama but it really does make for much better stories for my blogs.  Reality TV, Cop Shows, The News, etc. Interactive drama is definitely different than what I will call people drama. The whole “you stole my boyfriend”, “you flirted with my date”, “I am sleeping on the sofa” kind of drama has no place in my world. Fights on the subway, neighbors being nosey and I forgot to charge my GPS Watch are way more my speed [Editor’s note: Don’t forget pet biological activity issues].  

Even the weather was cooperative this week. No rain interference, no big winds to worry about. Just sunny skies and calmness (at least during my training sessions). My biggest drama this week is moving Saturday's bike ride to Friday because of a forecast of morning rain on Saturday. Boohoo. My second big drama is a text conversation between The UES Girl and The Brooklyn Girl not being to pick a date to get together. 

With so little drama, I was able to focus on Project Kick Start Alpha. Business plan is complete and "under review".  

I had so much nothing going on, I considered adding another race to my "race season".  

After much hemming and hawing on my part, I decided to do another triathlon in September. The Iron Girl Athleta.  

This race is what is considered a "Sprint" distance (my current training is for an Olympic distance). 1/2 mile swim, 10 mile bike ride and 3 mile run. I call this Monday.  

I figured why not? It will keep me in fighting shape through the summer and into the fall in which we have a trip planned where I may have to wear a bathing suit. (not the kind you swim in, the good kind)  

My biggest hesitation in adding the second race is the location and timing. It is being held in Sandy Hook, NJ. I won't be able to sleep in my own bed the night before or eat breakfast the way I would like but the course will be flat and short. It is also the weekend after Labor Day which is kind of awkward timing because I will be training through the holiday weekend. 

Here we are at the end of a quiet week. It cannot and will not last. I live and train in New York City. In a city of 8 million people, something is bound to happen. When it does, I will embrace it as much as I embraced the quiet of this week 

Enjoy the weekend! 

Play Hard!

Laura