RE-CHARGING THE BATTERIES!

So its been a long season. I went from cycling to training for a freaking ironman. And that was in November! I took like 4 days off after ironman but that was it. Needless to say come December my motivation wasnt at an all time high, and my legs were dead. So in order to charge my batteries me and my brother and a few good friends went on a cruise. 5 days of soaking up the sun and getting fatter then hell! So my fitness is low but my motivation is high. Ready to kill it for 2010!

Off Season Race Season

So its the good ole off season. I'm back to full time base training on the bike....But to keep things interesting through the off season I have been doing some running races. I just recentley won a 5k in my home town......It felt good to win a longer running race. I have had success on the track but not so much in the 5k distance.
Here is the article on the race from our newpaper:

Meyer, Nieto win Silver Bell titles
By Doug HawleyDaily Citizen Correspondent

Rarely do two teenage runners emerge overall winners of an area road race, but that happened Friday night in the seventh annual Silver Bell Sprint.A.J. Meyer, 18, a 2009 Northwest Whitfield High graduate, and Dalton High junior Carina Nieto, 16, claimed the primary prizes for the 5K race.Meyer covered the 3.1-mile distance, which started and ended at City Park School, in a quick 17 minutes and 8 seconds to win. Nieto winning time was 20:08.“I took the lead for good at 1 1/2 miles,” said Meyer, a Class 4A state 1,600 meter champion last spring and promising cyclist. “Tonight was the first time this week that I’ve run. I ride my bike a lot.”Manuel Ferrer, 38 of Dalton, who has won most area races entered this year, settled for the runner-up spot behind Meyer in 17:29.“I’m taking a semester off to work,” the slender 6-1, 150-pound Meyer said. “Since last year was my first year to run track, the colleges didn’t know anything about me. I still would like to run in college.”Nieto, who led the Dalton cross country girls into the Class 4A state meet, was elated with her performance.“My goal was to break 20:12, which had been my personal record,” Nieto said. “I was able to do that, though I got stomach cramps on the last mile. I tried to stay positive.”Shelley Taylor, 22, a former Northwest High state distance champion and more recently a University of Tennessee at Chattanooga stalwart, was second in 20:28.“I paced myself off Shelley,” Nieto said. “I passed her over the last 800 meters.”Rounding out the males’ top five were Adam Dodson, 17:48; Josh Stanley, 17:59; and Isaac Pacheco, 18:00.Trailing the top two females included Melissa Ortiz, 20:59; Margie Bruner, 22:37; and Julie Simmons, 22:41. From unofficial reports, the event attracted record participation.“There were between 550 and 600 people running,” said Mark Marlowe, president of sponsoring Big Brothers Big Sisters. “It’s the most that we’ve had in my five years. I think that it’s more than they had in the earliest years. This was a very successful event. I thank all of the people who came out to support this wonderful event.”