Fat and Sassy Season

Once a year I sit back, eat, drink and put training on the back burner. I call it Fat and Sassy season. I have taken a lot of ribbing when I say Fat, the sassy part people get and is usually porportional to the number of Guinness i have had. In the time between after the TR to 4 weeks later i had put on 12 pounds. Yep that is 3 pounds a week. You know you are indulging then.

Last weekend was I spent 4 days in Ontario with long time friends re-acquainting, laughing, eating, drinking. The only exercise coming from 2 dips in a very cold lake, one intentional, one not! and climbing up a forest fire watch tower to view the beautiful fall colors in the trees.

Up late, sleep in, bacon for breakfast, happy hour at 4pm. Wow not the same guy from mid summer.

Is it a bad thing? Do I regret it? NO!

It is my sanity check. for 10 months of the year I focus on getting in and maintaining my race form. It encompasses my whole life, from what i eat to what time I go to bed. It is a 10 month mental interval and as with any interval you need a rest period. Each fall is my rest period.

i have started to train again. I will keep the amount and type of food in check now. I will, however, still have a beer. Not 12 but a few social beers over the winter keep me sane and allow me to hang with my friends in a different way. So, let's have a beer. But the best beer is the one you deserve so let's ride first!!!