triathlon training

The last few months have been a whirl of biking, jogging (still don't like it) and swimming. Yes, I will be doing my first sprint tri in august. Lest the title mislead you.... I will NOT be in any way shape or form sprinting. My goal is to survive in a somewhat honorable fashion. Sprint tri's are just shorter distances, and much much much more manageable to train for.

My co-racer and conspirator is unfortunately unable to join me on this one. The last race I did with her was about 3 years ago now and not pretty. I distinctly remember the last 3 miles of the 1/2 marathon. They were awful. It is a great credit to my friend that she stayed with me and encouraged me because I'm pretty sure that I was in a less then pleasant mood (I get angry when I feel like I should be racing through the finish line and in stead find myself walk/run/hobbling across) and I'm pretty sure that I would have just given up. I remember crossing that finish line saying "I HATE running".

 I have since decided that 1/2 marathon's are really not my thing at all. Why run those when you can do a three mile jog (about my limit) on st. Patty's day? Dress up your then baby in all their cuteness and have a beer?

 

I look forward to this first tri with a lot of fear and some excitement. I can get competitive and the nicer rants in my head when I see people whizzing by me on my bike, while jogging or at the pool usually go like this (well, they just have a better bike then me, they were a rockstar runner in college , they can crawl and I can't...that's why I'm so slow). Never in these thoughts does it appear to be that face it: I'm just out of shape! So, here's to trying to be less competitive and more gracious. My hope is that I end the race (whether, crawling, hobbling or jogging) with a smile and with a congrats to myself that I did it, even if it didn't look pretty.