Tri Minus 8

Rested and ready!!!!

I took this past week off to recover from a head cold and to let my body recover from the months of training I have been doing. I started feeling better on Tuesday but made myself take the full week off. I’m really glad I did. It has been a good week.

I will now work back up to the performance level I was at and probably be fresher during the actual event then I would have been before. I will go back into the gym with not only my body rested but my mind refreshed as well. Working out will be something I want to do and not just something I have to do.

I’m excited for what this week will bring.

Happy Training

Isaiah 38:15-17

Tri Minus 9

Go Go Speed Racer

What a week, started out on Monday morning feeling like I was going to change the world and by Monday night I thought I was going to have to crawl out to my car when I finished my workout. I just had no energy and it was hard to finish. I woke up on Tuesday night feeling like I had been beat up. Then it all made since on Wednesday morning when I woke up with a full blown Head Cold!!!. I can’t remember the last time I felt as bad as I did on Wednesday and Thursday. Since I recently started a new job I had to go to work in spite of feeling like I was about to die and afraid I wouldn’t. I made it through each day, but needless to say I didn’t work out the rest of the week.

Saturday morning the Tri-a-Tri Reach Team had our monthly meeting and this weeks focus was the Run. The plan was to meet at Lake Tye and take a run/walk around the lake. Feeling not the best I wasn’t sure I wanted to go, but that is the value of having a group to work with. I wanted to be there to encourage the others. I dress and show up and boy am I glad I did. Saturday is probably the 1st time since 1978 that I purposely went for a “run”. I actually made it about ½ way around running. I ran the 1st ¼ then walked a ¼ , ran a ¼ and walked that last ¼. I know that had I wanted to push it, I could have made the entire trip at a slow run, but the idea here is to not blow out my knee doing this.

This morning I woke up and my knee is feeling good and the muscles in my thighs and hips know that they did something new on Saturday. That is a good feeling. Knowing that all the time I have been spending to get my knee as strong as it can is working.

Now as for the cold, it is still hanging in there and I am going to use it to my advantage and with 9 weeks left, I am going to take this week off to get over the cold and let my body have a much deserved break. I will then get back to the routine so that with 8 weeks left I will peak at the time of the event and not need to worry about being over trained.

Ephesians 5:15-17

Tri Minus 10

I am feeling extremely strong right now. As I was telling my husband on Saturday, the challenge I have right now is to keep fit and not have any weird or unforeseen things come up that would derail me being in the event on the 19th of June.


I recently started a new job and on Thursday it was suggested that I should go on a 2 week business trip in June. Really? What dates? Guess what, I would be returning home on the 18th, the day before the triathlon. Oh and did I mention that the trip would be to India? Can anyone say jet lag?

Now the trip is still being considered and nothing is firm yet but I am so excited for the opportunity to travel to India. Like I always say, I will travel anywhere once. I’m torn about the timing and won’t know for a couple of weeks if I will be going and what exactly the dates are.

In the meantime I will keep working hard and expecting the best.



Philippians 3:11-13

Tri Minus 11

Last Thursday I was doing my workout and as I was walking on the treadmill I looked over to where this woman was running. I was trying to see what speed she had the treadmill set at. I have never ‘run’ on a treadmill and as I approach the time when I will start to actually run, I am trying to figure out what the settings should be for me to run at. Anyways, as I was looking over at her machine she pulled the earbuds from her ears and asked me what I was doing. Now the good thing is that this is a woman that I have had chats with over the last two years as I spend time working out and I have told her of my knee issues and what I am attempting to do this summer so when I explained she was quite helpful and we talked about running and knee issues. She asked me when had been the last time I had run as part of my training. I thought for a minute and then told her it had been back when I was in college and would run as part of pre-season conditioning or as part of practice. Are you ready for this: 1978!!!!


Really, I have not ‘ran’ as part of training or just for the sake of running in 32 years. What do I think I am doing planning on running my 1st triathlon NOW? I would have never believed it myself even a year ago, but to tell you the truth, I am confident that I will complete a triathlon this year.

Joshua 14:9-11