Spring Training!

So this has been quite a winter. I live in Reno, NV and for those that don't know it's on the base of the Sierra Mountain range. My home is 20 min's from incredible Lake Tahoe.
Anyways, it's been snowing like crazy and not just in the mountains but in the city of Reno. I am so sick of shovelling snow!
Over the past week the weather has finally let up and temp's have risen to the upper 60's. I have been getting outside more for runs and better miles on the bike. It's amazing the weight I gain by being confined to treadmills in the gym and riding the bike trainer in my bedroom. My appetite is the only thing that seems to increase and max heart rate definately decreases!
When the weather gets pleasant everyone seems to get outside. It's very motivating for my own training and working to get back into race shape. The local bike races are going to begin towards the end of March/beginning of April and it's good to bring in some decent fitness to these events as they ultimately get the "high end" back quickly.
So this week has finally put a smile on my face and the racing spirit is beginning to come back. I have been utilizing Triathlete magazine and the internet to start planning my racing season and having something to actually strive towards.
Finally, I am going to be turning 39 in April (I know I am getting old) and this will be my last year in the extremely competitive 35-39 age group to which I have had quite a bit of success over the past few years. So to kick things up a notch, I decided to contact one of the advertisers with Athlete in You, Trisports.com, and I ordered the new Zipp Vuma Quad crankset. I am so jazzed to be adding this component to my already incredible bike set up and all the folks at Trisports.com were excellent to work with!
If anyone sees me out there racing this year, I hope I am fast - but I will be the dude on the smokin' Litespeed Blade that will be decked out in the Zipp 909 disc wheelset and the Zipp Vuma Quad cranks.
To all the young athletes out there, once you really begin to get in the work force and your earning potential increases you get to buy nice things like the Time trial bike that I race on. The unfortunate thing is I was able to acquire the dreamy equipment when I was older - but hey it's about the sport not the equipment right?
Things are looking up this year as we are all getting ready to race and wish for record breaking seasons. A lot of the advertisers with Athlete in You are available to service all of our needs and give some good deals on merchandise. Finally, Athlete in You is starting to get races listed and is one step closer to their goal of hosting great events and offering registration for a low price - to ultimately have all of us become happy with racing and not to worry about fees always going up for everything!
I hope everyone reaches their goals, and I hope AIY gets tons more races listed to make decision making easier because we won't have to worry about high on-line registration fees!