So I am finishing off my prep work for the season, and I am beginning to realize dealing with something new, even if its better, is a pain in the ass.  Now I am not talking about the east coast, it still sux and is generally miserable.  As an aside, I have the pet project of being the one man freeride team for saddleback mtn in maine.  At least the winter is looking up, I should get a plane though.

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Back on task.  I am anemic; however, because I do not menstuate, the doctors I had refused to acknowlege it until I finally met a competent doctor in Durango, CO.  He was willing to put in the effort to get me to normal blood values for the first time since I have begun getting blood work done 9 years ago.  So this means, I actually get 3 hours of benefit out of three hours of training.  I used to get three hours of aerobic work, but only one hour of muscular development.  All of a sudden it makes sense why I had to train 30-40 hours a week to compete at the olympic level, while my competition trained 20 max.

What this change means is all of a sudden, it is very easy to fry my legs, erg.  But sprint workouts will actually have an effect.  Well wish me luck.   NOw I can sprint, but I can over train.  You really cant have your cake and eat it too..

All the best of luck to everybody who actually reads these, and if you avoid them, I really don't blame you. 

~Rickey