What to do in the interim

Not really sure how I should act. Finished the last race of the season last weekend and have been free of a regimented training schedule. Went back to the Thursday night workout and feel like getting back into it.

On the other hand, I'm kinda liking not being so beat down by training that my thighs burn on a single set of stairs. Read an article about this that described as "whackdaptation". Your body becomes adapted to being in a constant state of overtraining such that it feels weird to not hurt yourself, to not being whacked out. I haven't been in a dehydrated and glycogen depleted state for several days... Actually, doesn't feel too bad. I've been making up for the missed calories in beer.

Tonight's run was good. Jamie linked me with Carla, an Atlanta transplant who is getting into the tri scene in Austin to meet people and get back to active. She ran track in college and I think she swam in college. She showed up for the first time to a swim-run workout and laid the smack down pretty well. She's been sick for a couple weeks, and since I'm throttling back for a couple weeks, Jamie paired us up. We ran together for about half an hour on the Town Lake Trail and chatted. She's a nice girl and she'll fit in with Texas Iron nicely. I was telling her about the club and how it's a great environment, if you don't mind falling in with bad influences and doing an Ironman every so often...

Everyone else is wrapping up the tri season in the next couple weeks, many going to Florida soon, and some going to the 70.3 World Championships. Then again, others are ramping up for marathon season... This is a sick bunch of people I hang out with.

Tony and Janelle gave birth today to a baby boy and we're waiting to see pics and read the recap. In spite of all the stuff they must have going on, we still got an anniversary card from these guys, if you can believe that!

Looking forward to a half day tomorrow. I have to stick around the house and work and hope FedEx makes it hear with Darlene's anniv present before noon. We might even leave earlier to test a SmartCar, which DD has some unreal need to test drive for some reason. Then off to Brenham for a Blue Bell factory tour and a B&B weekend in Washington-on-the-Brazos. Should be fun.