2009 has been quite a fun & busy year for me in the running/biking/swimming world. Ok, not really in the swimming world, but the other two for sure! For the first time in 8 years I started running again, and I rode/jumped like a maniac in my second season of cyclocross. It was a pretty [...]

August is over, so it’s time to look at my training for the month. This was the most miles I’ve ever biked in a month before, and I kept a decent running mileage as well.

I spent 9:46:01 on the bike over 11 sessions, putting in a total of 169 miles. I ran for a total of 6:02:30 over 9 sessions, putting in approximately 32 miles. My last LSD session on the bike was for 1:30:01. I went a total of 24.16 miles, with an average pace of 16.1mph and a average HR of 128.

Sunday morning, after the sun came up thankfully this week, I headed up to Fort Yargo State Park in Winder, GA for another race in the Georgia Cross series. I had never been to the park before, but from the bits I saw, it was quite beautiful and would probably be worth the hour trip back up there just to visit some time! After last week’s debacle with the weather (and by debacle, I mean the fact that I’m an idiot and had no layers and was riding in a jersey and shorts) I came fully prepared with some nice merino wool base layers, and I was quite warm and toasty!

Before we get to the race report, I wanted to first say that today’s race was my first race wearing clipless shoes and pedals! I got them attached last Sunday after the race, and gave them 30 minutes of practice on Thursday evening at CX practice – enough practice for me ;) I wasn’t able to fluidly clip in for every remount, but I was able to manage. The pedals caused 0 wrecks I’m proud to say! Editors Note: I’m not saying I didn’t fall. I did once. The first time I rode the sand trap I took a bad line and fell. This would have happened with or without pedals. I’m glad to say the next 2 laps I rode through without falling!. It was a fun experience and I definitely could tell the pedals helped with powering up some of the hills – I was definitely glad to have them on today. Hopefully with each race they’ll become more natural and I won’t have to think about clipping in and out as much! Now, onto the report……