GoTriErin: training

I like to add up my distance and time at the end of the year. 2013 year was a huge jump for me in everything s/b/r. This year (2014), since I'm with the same coach and I had another IM race, was pretty similar although slightly smaller in the swim and bike category. I attribute the lower swim to not going to masters after losing my job. I'm still swimming, but more like 2500-2700 m versus 3000 to 3200 m. Why get up at 5 AM for swim practice when you don't have to? And less cycling because I didn't do a fall 70.3 like I did in 2013. And there was the month I was forced to take off following IM Boulder, thanks to a nasty viral infection.

What I'm really impressed with is my running. I ran a LOT (for me).

Don't expect to see these numbers in 2015. I'm doing one 70.3 (Boulder, weirdly for the first time) and a bunch of sprints and an xterra. Focus for 2015 is on speed, not distance.

2014

Swim: 116h 324m 57s - 325,133.53 Yd
Bike: 218h 58m 25s - 3,087.68 Mi
Run: 182h 41m 35s - 871.79 Mi (this also includes weekly hikes for Sept and Oct)
Strength: 11h 50 m
Skiing: 40h 00m
Yoga: 2h 30m

2013

Swim: 144h 33m 49s - 411,035.22 Yd
Bike: 237h 30m 38s - 3,232.67 Mi
Run: 138h 07m 54s - 717.35 Mi
Strength: 2h
Skiing: 39h 00m
Yoga: 7h 00m

Still not working but I've been busy running. LOTS of running. But more on that in another post.

Here's a run though of 2014. This was actually a bunch of fun. I had a lot of good adventures (and beer). Here's to even more adventures in 2015!

January
New Years Day run at Roxborough State Park, skiing, kicking off my Colfax Marathon ambassadorship, and a work trip to Helena, MT (where I lived and worked as a Park Ranger in 1996)

I love this run and this group of people

Ski shadow selfie at Winter Park

Lots (and I mean lots) of stuff to give away

interval run at the state park that I used to work at in Helena, MT

February
Traditional Superbowl Ski weekend to Steamboat with family, Year 3 of Team SunRype, and a trip to New Orleans to see my new nephew. Oh, and our brewery finally opened!

family shenanigans

this was probably a top 10 ski day. Powder to my knees all day!

you know who to contact if you need fruit snacks...

CLARK!

I somehow managed to find triathletes AND a trail run in New Orleans. So much fun!

finally!!!

March
MORE skiing, a visit from cousins, the BEST beer fest I went to in 2014 and starting to ride outside more.

Greetings from Copper Mountain from the Trail-Dryden cousins

fresh corduroy. purr

a visit from Cousin Jeff and beer drinking at our brewery

Collaboration beer fest with friends

post-Sept 2013 flood carnage of Jamestown Canyon in Boulder

April
No more skiing (*sniff*), first ride up Deer Creek in 2014, and a (sucky) trip to Santa Fe for a cycling weekend.

first trip up the big hill. With exposed legs and arms, no less

ski hill climb in Santa Fe. Sucky trip but pretty views.

May
May was busy! A half marathon PR, a beer festival, Rinny and TO, hosting a bridal shower for my friend that married my cousin, more beer, and the first OWS of the year.

South Denver Beer Fest. Also: shorts in early May

Tirimisu cupcakes for Deanna's bridal shower

I'm sure they were stoked to meet me ;)

Will and I goofing off with our finisher medals. 13.1 for me and marathon relay for him.

more beer at our brewery

first swim at the Gravel Pond

June
June was *really* busy. IM training kicks into high gear. And a trip to Idaho for the Boise 70.3 and a family wedding.

Boise 70.3 test ride out by the family ranch

blowing Will a kiss on the run course

The race didn't go super great, but I did manage to get in a kick ass finish jump

cousin shenanigans out in the desert. Will is a happy boy

rode from my MIL's house to the South Hills. She thought I was crazy.

ride in McCall, ID. I got snowed on at the top of the pass.

Happy wedding, Chase and Deanna. :)

July
aka IM hell month. Nothing fun happened here. Just a lot of running and riding in the heat. My first trail race (and trail-racing related bleeding). A memorial service for my best friend's husband in Winter Park gave me the opportunity for some altitude IM training. Oh, and I discovered pie milkshakes. Ok, maybe I had a bit of fun, looking back at things.

long hot run up Waterton. I had a friend keep me company and I *finally* got to see the big horn sheep

a 16 hour training weekend needs to end with pie milkshakes.
Still not sure what Will did to earn his though

more Waterton. If you have to run long, the view should be nice

first trail race and first trail flesh wound. 2 weeks before Boulder. eeps!

I ran from Fraser to the base of Winter Park. Fun!

roasting marshmallows

it felt weird to be at MJ without my skis

August
Ironman Boulder. Beer. A beer fest (this one kinda sucked) - and kombucha SCOBY. More beer. A viral plague, thanks to the Boulder Res. Domesticity in the form of pickles and painting and tiling.

mile ~100 at the top of the 3Bs

as sucky as the race was, nothing beats a finish line in your home state

former future

comrade

kombucha

tri club ladies night

former future release of our first spontaneous beer, which ended up winning bronze at GABF

Zipper is a good Quality Control Cat

pickles!

September

loads of free time, due to no job and no IM training. Trail runs and hiking. Our one and only camping trip, which include a hike where I grossly underestimated the distance. Our brewery's first bottle release. And more home improvement.

Will fly fishing

Buffalo Peaks Wilderness hike. I thought it was 7 or 8 miles. We hiked 13.5. oops.

Weston Pass, CO

trail run at Castlewood Canyon

fire lookout at Devils' Head

trail run at Indian Creek

helping to label beers for our first bottle release

first trail half marathon (it was hard!)

more hiking somewhere around Evergreen

Zipper approves of the paint and the fireplace tile

October
Another cousin wedding in Idaho, cousin shenanigans out at the ranch, a GABF victory for our brewery, wedding anniversary #15, and more hiking.