March

Wow!  Time sure is flying by wicked fast this year.  It's almost my birthday, wooop! 

On a really quick note, Steve set an 8 minute PR at the Hampton Beach Half a couple weeks ago!  Wowzas!  The training and hard work is paying off!

The training volume has picked up, well into the build phase, I'm so ready for a race, but training hard each and every day.  My legs were tired this week, I pretty much wore my compression socks under my work pants almost every day.  Love these and the pants are even better after a race.  My hip flexors always get sore after longer, tougher runs, and boy am I feeling it!  I love it though.  I also ordered Steve and I some new sleeves/arm warmers and with QT2, we get 40% off everything at Pearl Izumi, say whhaaat?!?!  Talk about an awesome team to be on, thank you  Anyhoot, I'm starting to see my paces drop little by little, and I do mean little.  But any improvement right now, is nice to see.  I'm getting much better with descending the pace with each mile, getting faster and starting at the way low end of my HR zones and finishing near the tippity top by the end.  Each lap on my watch gets faster, which is really nice to see.  Speaking of watches, I got the new Garmin 910 XT about a month ago, and holy smokes is it awesome!  Check it out  I also got the quick release kit for my bike, and that sucker is ridiculously awesome.  Snaps right onto my bike, and I can snap it off, then back on my wrist band for a T run.  This will be so much easier in a race.  Last year, I was using a timex watch to time my swims and bike, then threw on the Garmin 405 for the run, at the finish line I had two watches because I always wanted to see my total race time.  It looked rather ridiculous.  Now, I will only have one watch!  So if you want a Timex Global Trainer we have two for sale since Steve picked up his 910 last week.  $125.00 a piece, so let me know if you are looking for a GPS watch with swim, bike and run features, plus HR monitor.

Coach Mary at QT2 has challenged THE Lance Armstrong to a 50 Kick off, with all proceeds going to her Teens Living with Cancer program.  It's a tremendous program, every time I read her blog I get a little emotional.  Good Stuff.  You can check out the official challenge invitation here  I wonder if Lance will accept?  Hmm.  If he does, I've pledged to donate to TLC.  It's Lance Armstrong for crying out loud!

Annnnd, for some really awesome news, my friend Tim passed his CSCS exam and is now officially a certified strength & conditioning specialist.  He's getting better at updating his blog http://abrandnewfocus.tumblr.com/ but still a little slow!  However, my friend Lisa is working hard at this little gathering  The SCI stands for Spinal Cord Injury.  Check it out, if you're looking for a 5K either race or a nice little walk on a Saturday morning, come!  Support the most amazing person I know in my life, inspires me everyday.  I will for sure have more information on this as it gets closer.

Oh, and in case you were wondering what DMB shows I will be attending this summer, I know you are... I'm going to N2 in Mansfield, not the best option, but with Quassy only a week after Hartford, I couldn't do it.  When I go to Hartford, I cannot half ass it, I have to go all in, 500 + jello shots and all.  I cannot sit there with compression on sipping on coconut water to stay hydrated.  I would look ridiculous.  So, pavilion at Mansfield it is.  Oh, and I got my tickets last week, before they went on sale to the public TODAY.  Mwhahahahahaaaa!