Colorado for the Winter
I just arrived back in Colorado Springs after a two month hiatus from the training center and I’m currently in the middle of week five of base training for the 2010 season. I have no plans to go anywhere warm for base training, the theory being that I do very well training at altitude. My two best results of 2009 came after significant training blocks at altitude (Hy-Vee and Clearwater 70.3). However, it is definitely colder than I’m used to! My parents beefed up my sparse Florida wardrobe with lots of warm clothes including cold weather running stuff so I should be able to handle the Colorado winter. The last time I spent the entire winter in Colorado was a long, long time ago:
Yea…I was a fat baby!
2010 Schedule
I finally put together a race schedule for next year! Not that it was that hard – the focus is on the World Championship Series and starting out the 2012 Olympic qualifying process. Starting June 1st any World Championship, World Cup, or Continental Championship (and maybe a few other events as well) will score Olympic ranking points. When the Olympics come around in 2012 I will have to be ranked high enough in this ranking to be eligible to go to the Olympics.
I’m excited about next year simply because I don’t have to race as much. My first half of 2009 was spent collecting ranking points so that I could get a start in the World Championship Series. Now my ranking is high enough that I don’t have to do that in 2010 (as long as I don’t mess up). Last year I raced 17 times whereas this year I only have 12 on the schedule:
Sprint Finish Pictures
It turns out my sprint finish with Luke Bell was fairly well documented by the race photo company. My favorites are when I fall on the finish line photographers because they decided that 10 feet past the finish line was a safe place to be.
http://www.asiorders.com/view_user_event.asp?EVENTID=47952&BIB=79
