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