Weigh in, 5/30/08 - no news is good news?

188.5 again.

Sorry I haven't had much to say lately...this has been an extraordinarily busy month. On the diet/exercise front, here are the highlights in no particular order:

• The Danskin tri is next weekend and I haven't trained for the swim or the run at all. That should be awesome. I'm going to try to hit the pool every other day between now and then, see if i can at least get to where I'll survive the swim with minimal pain and suffering. If I can make up time on the bike and run at least a little bit of the 5k at the end, I might get to the finish line before the sponsors start rolling up the banners.

• I replaced the crankset on my race bike with a standard 53/39 (planning to use the compact on the Salsa, once I finally build it). I'm hoping this will make me faster eventually, once I can turn those bigger gears. I rode with the new setup for the first time last night, and the only thing it's doing right now is making me relearn my best spinning gear. I think I went too hard last night, so I'm going to have to back off a bit tomorrow. On the bright side, I did keep up with the front group for about 4 miles at over 25 mph, so maybe the different gear ratios are helping a bit already. Or maybe it's the same phenomenon that makes kids run faster in new shoes. :)

• During the month of June, I am going to start concentrating more on diet than I have been. I mean, it's great that I can maintain my weight lately, but what I want is to LOSE. I'd like to be in the 150s by the end of the year, and I don't think that's unreasonable given the amount of year left and the level of exercise I'm planning. Plus, I want to enter at least 7 more races this year, and I'd like to not embarrass myself utterly in all of them. Getting stronger will help with that, but getting lighter will help more.

• Speaking of getting stronger, I'm adding weights back into my workout regimen very soon. I've fallen off on it because I kind of hate it, but it has value and must be done if I ever expect to get the sort of body I want.

• No one wants to do the Urban Assault Ride with me this year, and it's starting to upset me a little. My brother might, but he's having eye surgery shortly before that and is not sure he'll be healed enough to race. Everyone else I've talked to is like, "eh." I can only conclude that either they all think this particular race is stupid, none of my friends like me enough to spend half a day riding with me, or word has gotten out that I'm a horrible teammate for these sorts of things. Or all of the above! Whatever the reason, I'm trying very hard not to feel like a gigantic loser. PMS is not helping in this endeavor.