Week 1

IT IS COMPLETE:)

I finished the first week and did every workout! There is no stopping me now. I think that I feel like I can do this everyday a little more. This training schedule better work because I am really following it closely.

Mermaid

I DID IT!!!! I went to the pool last night at about 8:45 and I swam it was the best and much more challenging than I thought. The challenge came from my own stupidity...Jen has nicely given us a training schedule that stated we chould complete 500 yds today in the pool. 8 laps to warm up and cool down and then 4x25 in a drill. Well smarty that I am I was like she must mean 4 reps of 25 laps...well seeing as the pool is 25 yds across I was starting to get pretty beat when lightning struck 4 laps of 25 yards haha....well I got a little extra workout in the pool yesterday. When it was all said and done I was glad I went and it was not as scary as I thought.

In need of a Therapist!

OK things have been going well started a really good healthy eating program on Monday, went for a run Tuesday and today was the day for me to go swimming. I researched the pool and found out the busy times. Deciding to avoid previously mentioned busy times I decided I would wake up at 5:15 AM and go to the pool before work....well all I can say is the swim center website LIED!!! I got to the pool around 2 minutes before they opened and there was legitimatly at least 70 people standing in the lobby and spilling out all over the side walk..I just kept on driving came home showered and went to work early.

Why Laura Why would you not just jump into the fray! THE POOL IS SCARY! If there are not enough lanes you have to share and if there are not enough to accomidate 2 people per lane you have to have more than 2 and circle swim...I have enough trouble swimming in a straight line I really don't see me being successfull at swimming in a circle!

I just don't know how this is going to work if I am to intimidated to even get out of the car at the pool...Why is there never a time that the pool is not crazy busy...is it to much to ask to have a lane to myself...am I crazy?

Starting Up

So, I was doing well with running.  Running 5K a couple of times a week.  Then about two weeks ago I decided to stop!  Why?  About three weeks ago, out of the blue, things just seemed harder.  Running was awful, it took every bit of energy I had to keep going to get to the 1 mile mark, never mind 3.1 miles!  And I was slower.  What was going on?  So I tried again, same thing, and somewhere in that week I just stopped.  Now I'm mad at myself, but not mad enough to get motivated to start running again.  I must be crazy!  I was doing so well, and then a couple of bad runs and I stop - I guess that is sort of the story of all of my running adventures.  Hence why I have never been a runner, long term.  BUT NOT THIS TIME!  I have a Triathlon to train for.  Next week.  Monday, May 3rd it is ON LIKE DONKEY KONG, for the next 12 weeks.  No turning back now!

Are you pure?

Yesterday I had a running malfunction. After arriving at the park and putting on my ipod I realized that no sound was coming out! NO MUSIC! NO WAY...it seems that without music I can not make my feet move any faster than a 90 year old grandma. So that brings me to the question who are the freakish PURE runners who can just run using there own motivation and no musical guidance? How do you become so zen? and will I ever be able to achieve such a peaceful state of mind? I don't know about anyone else but unless I have a little Eye of the Tiger to boost me half way up a hill I fade into a walking zombie.

Never fear the malfunction was only temporary and today I was shakin my ass all the way to the 3 mile marker:)

She SWIMS. She RIDES. She RUNS. She ROX

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It is about to begin

I got an email from Jen asking if I was ready or excited to start our training schedule next week.

Seperetly the three events do not seem so scary...run 3 miles... sure...bike 12... why not...swim 1/2 a mile... OK...together they are sound slightly terrifying!

Anyway I am on my way only 13 weeks to go and I will be a triathonlon machine:)