Wait, what?

I am not really good at this. The best laid plans of mice and men... So much has changed since last time. My XC season ended in a spectacular blowup-burnout: I was 5th man after the first race but by the time conference rolled around I only beat one other guy the team, who just happened to be my younger brother, putting me around 20th guy. Feef. What happened? I think it was a variety of things, the main thing being that I burned the candle at both ends. I was training too hard and trying to lose weight at the same time; I don't think I took a day off all season, becoming unreasonably anal about mileage. I ended the season early, taking time to get fat and lift weights and generally relax; throughout the semester I had been buying parts to build a bike, and over Thanksgiving I finally put it all together. It is a thing of beauty: a simple road bike with classic geometry, something that I can knock around on. Since then, I haven't really stopped biking, doing my best to mix it up with running and rowing. I took the indoor track season off, instead just building a base and focusing on school. I'm doing outdoor track now, but I'm still not in the shape I would like to be so this season will just be another training period for triathlon this summer and ultimately XC in the fall. I keep saying this, but I'm going to do my best to keep up with this, if only just as a place for me to think out loud and work things out.