Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Fresh and Loose

I feel goooooood.

Fresh and Loose. Restless. Edgy. Impatient. Happy. Light. Springy. I'm trying to chill out but my mind is already racing. My feet are tapping. I wanna stand up and dance!

It's like all year I've been operating under this blanket of fatigue and over the last few days that blanket has been lifted... I think I actually operate fairly well under that blanket so it felt scary to start to remove it... but this morning I was swimming with Nalani and just shocking the hell out of myself every time I looked at my watch and I just said to her, "Wow, this rest is powerful stuff."

3 days til Honu. I'm actually going over to Kona this morning and am looking forward to meeting Jennifer... I've been coaching her since January but we've never met in person so that should be fun! She'll be completing her first 1/2 IM on Saturday... I've got 3 other local athletes racing too and I just have a good feeling that it is going to be a super day all around. I love this race. I feel like I've got a good healthy attitude going into it- I'm confident, yet I know that my age group is full of some amazingly fast athletes so I feel like The Underdog with absolutely nothing to lose by just going for it! So that's what I'm going to do and we'll see what happens. :)

16 comments:

Beth said...

GOOOOO Michelle!! Safe travels and have a blast. You are SOOOO ready. Excited for you!!! Can't wait to hear all about how awesome you do!

cherelli said...

Good luck Michelle! Can't wait to hear how you go, your training progress sounds so promising!

Kim said...

good luck michelle! and best of luck to your athletes as well!

Iron Krista, "The Dog Mom" said...

OMG I can NOT wait to hear about how much ass you kick at this race. Can NOT rate.

And, after. I can't wait until I feel good and rested. And, I wanna look at my watch while swimming and get excited TOOO. Waaaaah..

Seriously, go get em Queen BSC.

:-)

Molly said...

I really just want to copy what Krista said :) You are going to kill it out there and I'm so excited to hear about it!

Lizzie said...

"We'll see what happens." What happens will be very cool - go Michelle!!

mtanner said...

Fresh and Loose and kicking some caboose! Just do it!

Kiet said...

Crush it Michelle, you own that course and take no prisoners!

GoBigGreen said...

Good luck Michelle! I hope you have a great race!

Rebecca DeWire said...

Go get 'em!!!! You are going to tear it up. Can't wait to hear all about it.

X-Country2 said...

Woo hoo! Go get 'em!

N.D. said...

Good luck this weekend!! : )

Charisa said...

Have a great race!!

Ange said...

sounds like you're ready to rock! good luck! So funny to hear, "I'm heading over to Kona this morning.." it takes me 36 hrs to get there! :) Or somethign like that. Have a GREAT RACE!!!

Michelle said...

Sending you fast and happy race thoughts!! Good luck and have a fabulous day!!

Anonymous said...

As an avid HI lover..and blog reader of Bree Wee, Rachel Ross and You...I am looking forward to reading the race report! Good luck to you!