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Yep, we're still here.

After IM training and racing, there is a natural feeling of "okay, we got through that". We had been hoping that we would be spending some time in Hawaii in October, but when there wasn't any roll down in A's age group and we still felt up for one more tri race this year, we decided to go with plan B and sign up for the Halfmax in Vegas. We still haven't signed up yet, but Jared has scheduled our training around it, so we might as well. A and I both had nearly complete success in Canada except for my flat and her stomach issues at the start of the run, so we're hungry for a good result.

After the race, we drove to Seattle to visit with A's grandparents. We didn't actually make into Seattle as they are a bit south of the city and we weren't motivated enough to do any touristy things. Then, we spent two days driving back to Boulder. Besides stopping in southern Washington to have lunch with A's aunt, the drive was pretty boring.

Since the race, we enjoyed our first and second bike rides with planned stops (ever). The first was to Lyons where we had breakfast at the Stone Cup, with a easy cruise home. The second we stopped for coffee in Niwot near the end of our ride. Unfortunately, our preferred coffee place in Niwot was closed (the Winot), so we went to another coffee shop.

Last weekend was our first real set of workouts and we had a good brick on Saturday and a nice run on the Mesa trail on Sunday (before consuming way too much food at the bunch at the Chautauqua Dining Hall). The first swim since the race this morning was really bad. Actually, I felt okay for the first 1000 or so, but after that it went downhill in a hurry.

Tonight we are meeting with Jared to discuss race plans for this winter and next summer.

We are planning on doing mostly ski marathons this winter with the Mt. Taylor Quad being our "A" race. Last winter we signed up for races as they came which led to me burning out a bit by the end of January. Hopefully, this winter we can get some good results by playing off our strength (that being endurance) more than at the 10 to 20 k's we did last winter. A wants to do the crazy Nighthawk races up at Eldora again, but sprinting through a lot of kids at 10,000 feet in the dark is not my cup of tea.

We did sign up for Canada again, so we know what our summer "A" race is. A has signed up for Lubbock, but I need to figure out my work schedule first. I think St. Croix would be a good option as well.

Okay, enough rambling.

-E