Life as a "full-time" PRO!

Well, I had this idea that when I quit working last wednesday that I would all of sudden have so much time to train, and more importantly, recover! It was going to be grand! Naps in the middle of the day, put my legs up, watch movies, and of course, train like crazy 3-4 times per day! Well, that's not exactly how it works right away, haha. I still have two little girls that take a TON of attention and time. They are beautiful and smart, and can be absolute SHITS!! The baby, Rhys, especially! So, it's still trying to squeeze in bike workouts on the trainer while the little one sleeps and Aspen watches a movie :) It was certainly a fail when I had the girls at the sitters and I went out for my first ride as a PRO. Three miles into my ride, I flatted. Never fun, but I have a spare tube and I'm good to go, or so I thought! The tube stem was too short and didn't work with my wheels, so I had to walk all the way back to the house! I still managed about an hour on the trainer, but that was not fun. Then, a couple of days later I was really pumped to run a tempo run. I want to run 8 miles starting at 5:40 ish and start working my way down to close to 5:10. Well, that didn't happen either! I chose to try out a new spot for tempo runs and it ended up being terrible. Not to mention after 4 miles I was completely cooked. I tried to double my workout hours in one week (from 10-12 to 20-24). This also led to my current injured state of having a stress fracture (or maybe a stress reaction, it's hard to tell). This means absolutely NO running for 4-6 weeks. It's been almost two whole weeks without running a step now and I don't like it! On the plus side, I know I need to work on my swim and bike, so I've really tried to push those disciplines along with a renewed vigor in the weight room. It seems to be paying off, as I am feeling much stronger. Also, with all of my new swimming skill, I decided to go to the Master's workout with our new roommate, Scott Kimbell, at the Loveland Master's Swim. I walked in with all kinds of confidence in my swim, and walked out realizing that I am an AWFUL swimmer and I need all the help I can get! These guys trounced me and I can hardly move my shoulders! All in all I think I got in around 3500 yards and most of it was WAY faster than I normally got when I train alone at the Rec center. Always a lot of work to do, but I'm very excited to do it! There is a balance to life, and like mein Deutsh fruend Daniel tells me..."just try and enjoy it!" I'll get back to writing much more often! Hasta, -Yorek P.S. I'm crazy excited about my new Strength and Conditioning schedule coming from Shannon and CrossFit Fort Worth. I'm seeing HUGE gains in strength and it's really showing on the bike and in the pool!