hey, can you believe it's June already?? I only started working with Coach Brett and teamTBB a year ago in June and I'm amazed at how quickly the year has gone by. Residency is sort of winding down, as in, there is only a month and a half left but there's still so much to do! I have to get my research paper done and I've got two 70.3 races on the schedule in this time frame too. what was I thinking?!
Once August hits though, I will get to breathe a little easier. I'm going to continue working at my current office with more flexible hours, so I can get in more training (and more importantly, more sleep and recovery) and still practice prosthetics and orthotics. then around mid-September I will be going to my first training camp with teamTBB (!!!) in Subic Bay, the Phillippines. WOW. I am completely psyched, and just a bit nervous, but more excited than anything. I know it is going to hurt and humble me in all sorts of ways training side-by-side with the world's best, but it'll be one HUGE step in my quest to become the athlete--and person--that I want to be.
the photo above is my favorite shot of me from my last race, the San Jose International Triathlon (race report here). You can see I've got my new-ish teamTBB race kit on, and I'm hopping off my new-ish Cervelo P2C. barefooted, that's right, barefooted! What you may not see as clearly are the horrible sunburn lines on my thighs from Ironman China are almost, not quite, faded away (I had much longer shorts on), and I've painted over the still-bruised toenails, also courtesy of IM China.
Meanwhile, I've noticed that yayjocelyn.com is in DIRE need of a makeover. a ton of the content was put together when I was living in Texas over a year ago, so I need to do some major updating. especially since I still seem to get some new visitors daily (thanks for visiting, come back soon!!). unfortunately this won't happen probably until residency is done first...though I have been known to procrastinate and find ways to distract myself when I should be doing research... ;)
until next time, hope you are having a happy summer full of great training, no injuries or sickness, and AWESOME racing with ginormous PR's!!