Remember that post about big post about 2012 goals?
Let's just say I plan to "delay" those goals a bit due to a little something I like to call "Barker Baby II: The Raddening". (naming rights go to Mike Kurfis. Well done, Mike. Well done.)
In the meantime, I plan to continue training through the nausea, the fatigue and the general feeling that there is an invader in my body, slowly plotting on destroying my 6-pack abs. As I write this, I am on the last full day of a 7-day training camp in Arizona. While I am obviously out of the running for the 2012 racing season, I am pretty damn focused on coming back better and stronger in 2013. It's been a 250-mile week on the bike. They many not have been the fastest, hardest miles I have ever put in, but they were infused with Vitamin D, good friends and great scenery. And possibly some dry heaving sessions.
Honestly, you guys, I am so freaking excited about Barker Baby II: The Raddening. I already have one bike racing, skiing, dancing freak of a 3-year-old. The next one will be just as great in his or her own way, I am sure of it.
And you know I am eyeing those three months of maternity leave with big training plans.
Watch out, 2013. You are ALL MINE.
