First off, I would like to wish happy holidays! Hopefully everyone has had time to spend with their family and remember the things that are important in life. Yes, I'll even say that it's ok to miss or reduce your training in order to spend some extra time with your loved ones. :) This week's entry is going to be pretty short and I'm going to use this post to discuss something non triathlon related. And the topic is...my new car! This week I did miss a few workouts because I was out car shopping. I've been considering getting a new car for quite some time now and finally decided to do some shopping. After trips to a few dealerships and some time online, I decided to go with the Kia Optima Hybrid. I'm really excited to get a hybrid and something that fits my lifestyle more than my current car. The Optima Hybrid gets 40 mpg highway and 35 mph city and is very sharp looking if I do say so myself. My brother even signed off on it! When I initially told him it was a Kia, he immediately was disappointed, even though he didn't even know what it looked like! However, after he saw a few pictures online, he was on board with it. :) I decided to lease the car and was able to drop my current monthly car payment quite a bit. This is my first time leasing, which my fiance isn't too thrilled about, but I think it is going to work out well. I'm excited to hopefully only spend about half as much as I have been spending on gas with the new car, but I'm also very happy to have a hybrid vehicle. Not to get into it too much, but we need to make some changes in the way we treat our Earth. This is a step in the right direction and as with my training, I like to lead by example. Here is a pic of my new car that I will be picking up either Tuesday or Wednesday:
As I mentioned above, my training was a little lite this week, however, it was a recovery week. I did get my long run in Christmas morning. This is one of my favorite days of the year to train. It was a cold morning, but I love how quiet the roads typically are on Christmas morning. This year did not disappoint and I didn't see too many cars throughout my run which is always nice. Monday- Didn't get anything in, but did some car shopping Tuesday- 1:20 at DSC Wednesday- Spin Class 40:00 Thursday- 1:20 at DSC Friday- Spin Class 45:00 Run: 8.54 miles in 1:00 Saturday- 1:20 at DSC 3600 yd swim in 1:10 Sunday- Run: 10 miles in 1:15:22