Second changes

I was inclined to ‘re-start’ my old blog, but it has been more than a year since I wrote anything on it and things have changed so much since then that I just thought it would be appropriate for me to start a new one.

So, a year a go I had just started working as as a teacher and head swim coach for a small local private school. Also, I had just trained and made my way through the finish line of my first IM and it was time to take a break.

Well, a break I took. I was so busy with swim season and trying to figure out how to juggle everything that time just flew by. I was tired all the time, but of course as everybody told me it was normal. I had just come back to the work force;  kids are getting older, which means more after school activities and the constant pressure of trying to get everything done , and lets not forget… I am no getting any younger. By the time swim season came to an end (beginning of February) I was completely out shape, tired and just not in a happy place.

For most of the season I tried to get my workouts in but couldn’t get motivated, I can talk about how my on and off training went for the whole year, but I am not here to make excuses not to look for pitty. I am here because (like I say on the title of the blog), I believe in second changes.

All that is behind me, I am thankful that after 10 months of not knowing what was going on we ended up figuring it out. Looking back health issues are never good, but this time around I learned that listening to your body is crucial and thankfully it was a relatively ‘easy fix’.

After everything was said and done it left me with a couple of months to train for a marathon, so two weeks I completely my first ‘standalone’ marathon. Talk about learning experiences!! I will post the race report on my second entry to this blog.

I came back from my marathon and it was again time to decompress, think about everything that I went through this past year and make some decisions. I have worked (in my opinion) with one of the best triathlon coaches in the Atlanta area for four years. He has taken me and my husband far in this sport, much farther than I ever thought I would. But I knew I needed a change.

So as I close that chapter I have mixed emotions, I am sad, because although people changes coaches all the time, somehow to me it felt more like a divorce. But I am excited for the change, looking forward to my training, and thrilled to be out there again next year.

I will try to update my blog as much as I can, but like the first time around it wont happen every day, nor every week. For now I will tell you that my whole season is going to be around my A race, IM Louisville, every ride, run and swim (if I ever make my way back to a pool!) is towards IMLOU.  So, come August 24th I am planning on crossing that finish line with a huge smile on my face, no regrets and knowing I have done everything I can to have a great race out there.