When Off Season Turns to Bring it On Season

Yeah, it’s only mid-February, but I can feel the season comin’ down the tracks like a high-speed freight train. I’m not panicked or freakin’ out. There’s no need for that, but I can feel the pressure turning from sloggin’ along and thinkin’ as long as I’m movin’ it’s all good, to it’s time to get movin’ faster, longer, and stronger. I’m looking at my race season’s schedule now with anticipation and excitement and not just with starry-dreamy eyes of things to come. In about two weeks it will be March. This means if I’m…er…lucky, I’ll be taking my bike off the trainer, dressing up in my cold-weather gear, and cycling outdoors. If it’s March, that means the month following is April..and bang! My first event! If my first event is over, this means my second event is coming up and May is on the way. If May is on the way that means time trials begin and it’s time to get faster still. If it’s May, that means June is coming quick and dusting off the wetsuit and braving the open water is in order and the first triathlon of the season is calling and the 24-Hour Challenge is about to happen. If it’s June, that means July is on the way and Tri Del Sol is on tap and I need to commit to the tri- or the du-, show up and get ‘er done. If it’s July, then I’m excited as heck while Ryan battles his personal demons while he finishes his first Ironman 70.3. If it’s July, that means August is on the way and the call of the Timberman, Ironman 70.3 that has been summoning me for years will be louder than ever. If it is August, this means I’ll attempt to do another half-Ironman distance event only three weeks later because I’m crazy and love it…and then school will start again and I’ll be looking over races during the off-season with starry-dreamy eyes in anticipation of what’s to come…that is until it’s time for Bring it On Season again. Ladies…gentlemen…our engines have been started.
I’m just sayin’.