Should I "Race" or Not??

In two days there is an early bird tri put on by Somersault Events in Ottawa and I am considering doing it.

I have only been home two days from overseas, haven't races a tri since my back injury and subsequent surgeries (about 3 years now) and I haven't swam in over a year. Yet somehow I am still considering it.

I know it will kick my ass but I also know I will feel much better going forward. I wasn't planning on racing til at least mid June but here I am. It is a 500m swim - 30.5km bike and 5km run - so not a long event in tri-vernacular. My run is ok and I should be 25min or less but my bike has been 99% on a spin bike over the last long time - due to being in Afghanistan. I went for a ride yesterday though and felt great!

So I am leaning toward doing the race...just looking for any reason not too...the butterflies are here.


UPDATE:

So much for that idea...it is full...oh well back on plan.

Thinking about maybe driving down to Lake Placid and riding the course...maybe.

I'm Coming Home !!!

Almost time to go home.

I have taken the last two days off from exercise as I have been pretty busy with loads of paperwork etc to leave. I should have went for a run today but just didn’t feel like it.

I will be doing some sports activities on the way back. A little snorkelling, mtn biking and general tourist crap.

Anyway I am hoping that once I am back I can continue to train with consistency and flexibility while maintaining a decent diet. I also want to do this while having a little more time for playing games with the kids and maybe getting them into tris or running or something physical instead of video games. Anyone have any ideas??

Anyhow be home soon and racing soon after that.