Sore all over

I'm back to off-season training which means strength intervals on the trainer, endurance rides outside (I've been lucking out with the weather so far), and strength training with Jason. I'm really glad my coach made me take a few mandatory rest weeks after Nationals because now I'm really excited about training for next year. I'm still not 100% what races I'm doing next year but I'm training for something...and having fun doing it.

I'm definitely stronger (biking and strength training) then I was last year, so I'm excited to see what I can do this winter. Last year I couldn't do a push-up and by the end of winter I could do 4 in a row. That may not sound like much but keep in mind that my arms would collapse while I was just in the push-up position at the start of winter. This year my goal is to do a real, bona fide chin-up. When I first started training with Jason I could only hang from the bar, but now there's a bit of movement. There may be hope for me yet :-)

This weekend is the last kisscross race of the year. I've gotten peer pressured into racing with the A's, which is the expert/elite men. It's probably not going to be pretty. First of all, my cross skills are non-existent, and right now I'm sore all over from strength training. Not to mention the race is an hour long. I know it probably sounds ridiculous to be worried about an hour race when I prefer endurance races but it's all relative. When I'm doing a 45 minute cross race it seems like it's the longest race in the world!

I'm just not going to think about it right now...otherwise I'll get nervous!