Hi everyone!

It’s been a long time since I’ve blogged and I do apol­o­gize for the delay, how­ever, I had a few adjustments/​improvements made to the site which took longer than I had antic­i­pated. I’m hop­ing to get things back on track and to begin blog­ging on a weekly basis once again.

So what have I been doing that might inter­est you? Well, I went down to Florida a few weeks ago, to train with my cousin who is an accom­plished triathtlete (includ­ing a few iron­mans) and her hus­band, who is a for­mer 4x road rac­ing olympian. I was a lit­tle ner­vous about cycling with them even though I have been train­ing weekly on my trainer and teach­ing numer­ous weekly spin classes. For­tu­nately, they train smart and because this is the off sea­son, none of us were look­ing to drop a lung or two out there. We focused on steady rid­ing, in and around zone 3, (medium inten­sity), or a heart rate zone of about 75%-85% of MHR. I felt strong and ener­gized out there, and was so pleased that all of my indoor rides had really paid off. Instead of tread­mill run­ning, we enjoyed long, easy runs on hard packed red sand, in an orange grove. That’s my idea of heaven!

I have lots to share from my week there, includ­ing proper nutri­tion both pre and dur­ing work­outs, last­ing longer than an hour. What a dif­fer­ence it makes iny­our performance!

For now though, I’m just glad to be back and hope all of you have been well and are strong, healthy and happy!

I’ll be back soon with loads of good info, recipes and pics. I promise!