I haven’t blogged in a while, mainly because nothing has been going on! Training has been slow because I felt myself running on empty and decided to scale back for a few weeks. This past Monday was a disaster of a training day. Taylor and I set out for a 30 mile ride together, only to turn around early for a grand total of…5 miles. There was a wreck involved, but no one was injured, just mad. So we decided to try a couple mile run, again, another injury occurred when Taylor twisted his ankle. So we turned around early again. Tuesday we hiked all over the desert and mountains, and yes I considered all that cross-training. So today I decided to run from our church to the end of Point Loma, which was 6 miles of rolling hills. And let me just tell you, the first hill was brutal. But I made finished with a good time but sore toes and shins. I’m not used to running hills, so my poor shins were feeling it every time I started to descend. But it was an awesome (hot) run and I was so happy I made myself do it. I’m going to ride the next two days and run tomorrow and Saturday. Then I have my first duathlon on Sunday. I’m already nervous about the bike portion, not that I won’t be able to comfortably complete the distance, but just the unknown. It’s only a sprint distance, so that part shouldn’t be bad. I haven’t really trained for transitions and that makes me a little nervous. I keep telling myself it’s just for fun and experience. I still don’t consider myself a cyclist and have a lot to learn!

Taylor’s parents have been here this past week and we’ve been non-stop GO! Sharing a few pictures from our Anza Borrego Desert visit. We hiked up to see the Palm Springs Oasis, which is just that in the middle of the desert. So amazing!