First race of the season.

Tomorrow marks my first race of the season. It also marks the Strawberry Festival and the Chili Cookoff in Roanoke, both exceedingly appropriate recovery food categories, in my opinion.

This is going to be short. This race is not a high priority race on my calendar. I’ve basically trained through it, haven’t tapered, and am not super stressed about the results. It’ll be a good baseline to see where I’m starting from. Also, tomorrow marks the first official day of Half Ironman training.

Furthermore, I’ve quit whale watchers. It’s been a full 4 months, and I’ve determined that the lack of protein is really negatively affecting my weight loss goals. I understand why I lost 10 pounds immediately and haven’t budged since, even though my workouts have doubled. Weight Watchers is not intended for athletes, and there aren’t enough concessions for people who need to get more protein (to get enough protein and still stay within my daily points I would have had to consume 5 protein shakes a day, and eat those shakes with some sides of fresh vegetables. The end.)

So I’ve got some other ideas in the works, which I’ll detail eventually. For now, Strawberry shortcake is the motivating factor to get through tomorrow’s Sprint Triathlon in 60 degree water.