I LOVE Boulder, but....

Could we not benefit from a little more oxygen?? I mean this is ridiculous!! I might succumb to depression from the way I feel, LOL!! Of course I am JOKING! but it REALLY is difficult to to adjust to the "5430"

In the French Alpe's, I was at about 2000, climbing to heights higher than Ward and the Peak to Peak, however, that 1 or 2 hours a day at "high altitude" does not EVEN compare to 24/7 at "5430"

For some reason, this time back to altitude did not give me the luxurious 1-2 day window when I "barely noticed it" NOPE, I felt it the minute I stepped off the plane. Dry mouth, tight chest when exerting myself....which, means flopping around like a dead fish on the dock when I try to swim (yes, I am sure I look like that!) but wait...I always look like that when I swim...whatever!!

Anyhow, it has been a few hard days. But, I am pleased to annouce that last night I slept the WHOLE night through without waking up!! yes, that is right, 8 hrs of uninterupted sleep! JET LAG is OVER!!

Things on the work-front are BUSY! which is extremely GOOD...well, good for me, but not the blog entries!! Sorry, I will try to keep up.

Training-wise, I am in the stage of "OMG, IMWI...MY FAVORITE IM!! it's in less than 1 MONTH!!" so, I am smiling, A LOT!! And yes, the ankle is good...I am in ACTIVE recovery.

I am looking forward to catching up with my GREAT friends in Boulder. I have MISSED them so much!! I actually had to ask for an "extra" swim workout today so that I could see some friends I had not seen since June!! ( and I NEVER want to swim more, LOL!!)

This weekend marks an "epic workout" weekend...for those of us who do IM or any other sort of sport, there is always the "build" portion in the training to an ultimate "workout or event" that will challenge you, mold you, and make you the strongest you can be on that "race day". Saturday marks this for me. I am strangely excited, scared and anxious...stay tuned for the report...