How time flies! It's already December and the last time I updated was post-ironman and England! Since Ironman, I have picked up a coach, he has done some fablous things with my training, both on the bike and the run! I have some new PB's in all my race distances. My new times are:
1/2 Marathon: 2:09
10KM: 57:00 (this should be better, but it was a very bad course)
5KM: 25:20
Olympic tri: 3:11
Sprint tri: 1:24
I am very proud of my season! I trained, toed the line and got mostly through an ironman and PB'ed every other distance.
Shortly after my 5km PB, I was out for a training run and felt quite a bit of pain in my upper shin, the pain ended up not going away and got a bit worse before getting better. Thus, I am just now getting back my running legs. I have kept pushing away on the bike. I'm taking a small break for right now, at least break from the tough session and am enjoying a resting period before I start back the hard work on Jan 7th! Next year I want to make it on the podium of the 1/2 ironman I'm planning for June 16th!
I've been busy with school since I returned from the UK too! At first, I started planning a year in Australia to do some Aupairing and enjoying the aussie life for a little while. With plans to complete my teaching certification shortly after. Then I found a great program, called Teacher Ready. It is through the Univ of W. Florida, it allows me to use my school and the international schools here in Korea as field experience while I complete an online certification program. At the end of it all I'll be certified to teach! I chose my teaching areas as K-6 because I do enjoy the youngsters, but I also chose middle grades Math, because I enjoy math and would prefer secondary school. The program began at the beginning of October and will finish next year in about July/August. In March, I will spend 1 week in America taking 4 exams to pass the FL state licensing tests. Wish me luck!!
The biggest news since my last update is about my next move. I have been asked to move to London with a very special someone... so at the end of my contract I will be packing up my things, saying good-bye to Korea and leaving on a one way ticket to London! :) From there things get a bit complicated with the visas, but we are going to try and make it work out! I'm thrilled for it! Here is to the next step! With that, I think this blog will draw near and end.
Thank you to anyone who's followed me and look for a new blog about life in London and training next year! xx
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