Man, time flies. Haven’t blogged in a while, so another catch up post.

Let’s see, sick a few days last week so missed a couple training days. Decided to take my bike in to get the crank creak fixed. Missed a couple ride days during the week as it took a while to get it back. Then rained on Saturday and snowed (yes, dumped on Sunday night) so rode the trainer yesterday. Bike sounds good. Breaking in some new shoes, I like them but I’m making some minor adjustments to my position (feet angles mostly) so a little tight in the IT Band on one leg. Think maybe I turned my foot too much. Weird how the slightest adjustment can really tweak your ride. So a little more adjusting to do I think.

Did my taxes last week, so no new bike anytime soon . Decided couldn’t afford it and also ended up making some business purchases so need to hold off on any more purchases. Joined the new pool this weekend. Awesome facilities, or Olympic size pool. The rest of the facilities are lacking but they are renovating the whole thing so should be really sweet this summer. In the meantime, the new pool just opened and it is pretty stellar. Currently at the 25 setup but they’ll open up the full Olympic distance this summer I’m told.

Busy with work, did some things to help Chris get his charity stuff up and put together a portfolio for his trip to Japan.

BigMatt had some bad news last week. Stress fracture in his ankle so he’s on a crutch and not supposed to run for a couple months. He’ll be doing more of that water running he loves . He takes it in stride so his attitude is good. He’s focusing on his riding and doing a stage race this weekend and a time trial race next week.

Let’s see what else…

Starting a new nutrition plan, not diet I don’t like to use the word diet as people assume it’s some lose weight fast plan or calorie deficient plan. For me it’s trying to change my eating habits to support my training and healthier living. No question I put on extra pounds this winter so I do need to shed some, but I’m trying to learn how to eat better in general for long term, not just to lose weight. So I picked up a couple books, one is more vegetarian centric and the other is the Paleo Diet for Athletes. For the most part they both suggest the same thing. Primarily eat more fruits and vegetables, lots of them. The vegetarian suggests more beans, no animal products. And the Paleo suggests lean meats and fish to get the protein. Both seem against Dairy and Grains (pasta, rice, bread, etc). Though the Paleo for Athletes discusses the need for grains to get the carb replenishment and stores needed for training. Still reading through it, but I believe it tries to limit those starchy grains to pre and post workout and then focus on fruits, vegies, and lean meats the rest of the time.

About half way through Paleo nutrition plan book, so more to come on that. I think I’m basically going to combine the two diets. So trying to eat tons of fruits, vegetables, beans, some raw nuts, based on the vegetarian plan, but then take in proteins from eggs, lean meats, possibly some supplements. For carbs, getting much of it from the fruits and vegies but then will supplement with brown rice and maybe some wheat pasta - still need to do some more research on that end. Primarily though I’m cutting out dairy, white rice, bread, pasta, and fatty meats. So no more sandwiches and fat burritos.

Only being focused on it for a few days now so we’ll see how it goes and how my energy and recovery is during some of the longer training sessions. Will most likely continue to make adjustments as training volume increases, I get leaner, and general experience with what works and doesn’t work.

I think that pretty much sums up the last week. I keep you posted on my training and meals and progress/adjustments.