Feb was a complete waste of time!!

So that was a month I would rather forget.Thanks to a great big kick in the butt from a couple of friends on the other side of the world I have raised enough motivation to start adding to my blog again.I have been laid a bit low with a chest cold for the last couple of weeks and have just got back into the pool again after a few weeks off.My motivation to train is slowly returning especially now that I'm having to lay down nearly $3500US in race entry fees for the five events that I have planned for this year.God it's no wonder I'm broke!!!Anyway all the race directors have been really nice and even North America Sports told me I could do a bunch of thier races as well but sadly I'm too poor to add those ones to my list.As it is I'll be without a road bike for the Double Iron in July unless I get there early and try to borrow one.Originally I was going to go to Penticton and pick up my road bike and do Ironman Couer d'Alene while I was there.The extra $1000US required for that pitspot will chew up too much cash that I want to put toward the Deca-Iron which will be a huge expence.
I have been getting out and about on my mtb though.As expected the local cyclists give me shit for training with my trailer attached to my bike but it's good for me to get used to the extra weight.As I told someone online recently,it's not the races I'm too worried about it's trying to ride my mtb from event to event across Nth America three times this summer that I'm training for.The races will look after themselves.
I would really like to thank those of you who have contacted me and given your support over what has been a really tough time for me.I'm hoping that I have turned a corner and life will improve a bit from here on.It's only four moths to go until the Double in Levis and so I have to get myself fitter than every other time I've raced there as I've always failed miserably at that race.Who knows I may just roll up to the US early and ride somewhere for a month beforehand.As I told English Ultradude Ian Mayhew recently, the only time I'm really happy these days is when I'm out there on the road.