Feels Like Fall

The Halloween decorations are starting to make their appearance in unexpected places around the house...

...and our 90 degree temps have been turned way down. We even received some sprinkles on our ride yesterday...

Our treasured slip 'n slide is being shelved for the year and looking at the weather forecast, I might need to buy new rain ponchos for the Duck game tomorrow.

With Autumn comes our new tri group that we've been waiting for, though...so I'm ok this year with Summer ending.

officially kicked off this week. Unfortunately, I missed the first swim (School Open House) and I'll miss the first ride tomorrow (Duck game) and I'm sure keeping up in the off season for the first time is going to be more difficult than when I'm training and racing for a cause (The LLS) during the regular season and for a specific period of time. Will my family revolt? Will my childless coaches understand that although I want to get better, faster, stronger...that family comes first? Will my attempt to maintain a base this Fall and Winter be fruitless?

WILL I get better, faster, stronger? Will I move down to olympic distances only in 2012 or will I move up to a full IM? Will I ever give up my old comfy wetsuit even though it is chafing me horribly where the neoprene armpit holes are growing or will I squeeze into my new teeny tiny tight one? Will I ever replace the leaky goggles that I needed to replace last February or will I continue to have left eye freeze over at every open water swim? So many questions left unanswered.

...to be continued during this Fall and Winter season...

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