Summer Racing Recap and Next Step

The season of competition came and went. Everything Almost everything went down as planned! I qualified for XTERRA worlds by winning the Victoria event (other than Elite Olympian Brent McMahon finishing ahead). I placed third in the Apple Triathlon in Kelowna, to end up 2nd at BC Provincials and qualify for the 2015 World Olympic triathlon championships in Chicago.

On the other side of things... I missed the start for a big race in Victoria, the same race as the new Victoria 1/2 IRONMAN event. Somehow through the craziness that is pre-race registration, I was distracted enough that I thought I was in the 8am start for the SPRINT triathlon.  I was actually in the OLYMPIC event that started 45 minutes earlier. After much discussion with race organizers to try and convince them to switch my category to the sprint event, I jumped on course and finished the bike and run component. I now consider it a very expensive training session never to be repeated again.

After the BC Olympic Triathlon Provincials in August, I took a much needed two week break from serious training. We got a new puppy, a golden doodle named Penny, and I spent time with family tooling around the amazing location that is the Comox Valley!

This two week break has turned into an enjoyable month and a half of just doing things I feel like. There was a cyclocross race here, an adventure race (MOMAR) there. Now, I think I'm ready to get back to some consistent training with semi-routine. I hope to build a good season of base training with putting in some miles running and cycling with a couple sessions working on overall strength, including Core strength.

I have joined the Comox Valley Rowing Club - another excellent club that rows on the river/estuary of the puntledge and Comox Bay. Also, the CV Cycle Club is a very passionate group of riders that I'm happy to be a part of.  With the changing of the seasons, soon the snow is going to fly in the alpine and the nordic skiing trails will open. I would like to get out a few days a week this year and work on nordic technique!  Now I just need to get the perfect balance of performance and recreation. Maybe this is a new genre of training: Recreational Performance.   I always like a partner in these activities, so please get in touch if you want to join me.

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