Tri Minus Three

I am taking advantage of the 3 day weekend to recharge emotionally and physically while celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary. Even though we walked about 6 miles today, it is about sleeping in, taking naps and going to bed early.


It has been a very emotionally stressful week and with all that was going on I was only able to work out 3 nights and at that really only got a full workout in on Tuesday. I probably could have pushed myself to work out more, but it would have been non-productive and probably lead to an injury.

I had planned on starting my taper this week, but I will adjust my plans slightly to make up for last week. I did reach one of my goals when I ran 2.4 miles Tuesday night. This week I will only do 1.6 mile as I am starting to feel the effects of running in my bad knee and I need to make sure not to do any damage this close to the event.

I also hope to don my wet suit and do some swimming out in a lake and going on a 20 mile bike ride at least once this week on my road bike. Most of my riding has been on the stationary bike and I really need to get some saddle time in.

So as of now I am 20 days from this major goal that I have been training for since August of last year, I don’t want to blow it now.



Psalm 63:1

Tri Minus Four

Relaxed a bit this week, wanted to ward off an overuse injury. I am ready for one more week of intense workouts and then it will be a new challenge, the challenge of tapering off on my training. I will push every one of my goals this week and at this time I am exceeding all of the individual disciplines by at least 10 percent.

It has been an amazing journey so far. If you would of told me a year ago that I would be able to do what I can now do physically I would have laughed at you. I would have told you that you were nuts if you would have told me that I was on track to run 2.5 miles this week. Run any length yet alone more than 2 miles.

I didn’t get to this point by saying what I couldn’t do. I didn’t get to this point by watching someone else do all the work. I didn’t get to this point by only talking about it. I had to set the goal, have the faith to reach the goal and put in the hours and sweat to get to this point.

1 Peter 1:8-10

Tri Minus Five

I am resting on the couch this afternoon feeling the effects of an amazing week of workouts. I exceeded all of my training goals this week. I was able to swim 500 yds for the 1st time; I ran 3 different times and actually did 1.5 miles on Saturday after a 6 mile bike ride.


One thing about doing a triathlon is that it is a great ice breaker or conversation starter. I spent time this past week talking with a number of people that are either doing their 1st or have done a number of triathlons and it is great to have that connection. It is something that not everyone can understand, but is definitely is something that I will never forget.

Yesterday afternoon as I was limping around when I had someone ask me why I was doing a triathlon. That is a good question. All I know is that I remember watching the “Wild Word of Sports” when they would air the Iron Man Triathlon and wondering what that would be like? It has been a thought that has never left. When I found out that there were such things as Sprint Triathlons and I needed another goal for this year, I found myself saying why not.

As I tell everyone, I am not old, just more experienced.



2 Thessalonians 1:11

Tri Minus 6

It was a better week this week, of course it would be.

I went on my first official run in the new shoes and it felt pretty good and then on Saturday I did my first official “brick” (a bike ride immediately followed by a run) workout.

I am feeling much better both physically and mentally this weekend than I did last weekend. I hurt less and accomplished more.

This weekend we celebrated family. On Saturday we celebrated my husband’s Grandmother’s 100th birthday and then today, I spent most of the day with my mom doing what she wanted to do.

My husband’s side of the family is pretty active; there are a few runners in the mix so they were all pretty encouraging when I told them about my goal to do a Sprint Triathlon. Who knows maybe I will get Garrett to do the STP next year.

I’m still thinking that my next goal will be knitting, but things are much better this week, especially knowing that next month this will all be over.

2 Timothy 2:19

Tri Minus 7

Whose idea was this?

After resting for the last two weeks I was feeling great. Until I worked out Monday night I didn’t realize just how great. One night of working out (at about 75% intensity by the way), and I was really sore on Tuesday. What was I thinking that I could complete a triathlon? “Whose idea was this?” A very close friend of mine was quick to point out that it was my own!

Just like the frog who was placed in a pan of cold water and the heat was added slowly, the frog got so used to the warmth that it didn’t realize that it was slowly being cooked. I have been working out for that last two years and slowly increasing the intensity and the pain has just become a part of my life.

No don’t panic, I am too stinking close to the end to not complete this endeavor, but I also know that because of the work I have done for the last two years I can live without pain as long as I exercise moderately. You see, before I started working out I was in more pain then I am currently, I just didn’t know that I would ever live without it.

So, seven more weeks of training and I will complete one of my life dreams and then, who knows, I just may learn to knit.

Revelation 21:4