June!

June definitely went well, but not as well as I had planned. Things got really hectic with the end of the year at South, but I am off now and that means NO EXCUSES!

The month in review:
-Workout 25/30 days
-13 run
-9 bike
-1 swim
-1 row
-1 zumba
-1 chiseled
-Lift/Abs 23 days.
-Bricks weekly

I have 3.5 weeks to go and am finally getting nervous. New England has made it extremely difficult to swim with the daily sporadic thunderstorms, and hence, once again, my swimming is lacking. I REALLY need to work on it this month - I honestly don't want to drop out after my first event.

So swim I shall. I think.

Brick by brick

Most training blogs I have read suggest doing a weekly brick the two months before the big day. I kind of babied out last week, but went for it today, and damn did it go!

I actually did the brick backwards because Parker really needed to get out for a run, but nonetheless everything went well. I was able to do a 2.0 mile run (slightly under the 2.9 needed for the race) followed by a full 12-mile bike ride (complete with the evil hill) in 1:11!!

My success here has done more for my confidence than anything else in the last two months have, and honestly, if I keep working hard, I may just place somewhere respectable after all!

2 down, 2 to go!

2 down, 2 to go baaaby! Have you donated? If not, do so, http://www.firstgiving.com/megandkimtriathlon. $5 is good, we like $5, or more, your choice :)

May was sweet. I had 24 workouts in the month - 13 runs, 9 bikes (despite being without a bike for a week), aryingnd even 2 swims! I'm feeling good about everything, have avoided all injury, and am looking forward to the month to come. June holds many things, including weekly bricks (combining 2 events in one session), and trying out the actual course.

I've bought a Holden pool pass and that should help increase my swim times, but hey, I'll have adrenaline on my side, and I always have the back float, right?

I think I can Tri...

Not too long ago I was thinking, I think I'll do a 5K, so I quickly googled races in my area this summer. I was disappointed by the lack of races, but the Danskin Tri caught my eye. I had already been running a 2.1 mile course for the past couple of weeks, and knew I could conquer the bike ride - and that's when it hit me - I can DO this.

I'm lucky that my brother-in-law is a heck of a swimmer, because without his training, I'd certainly be floating at the bottom of Webster Lake 10 strokes in. I took all the requisite swim lessons as a kid, but as soon as I feel in love with the feel of the suns hot rays cooking my flesh, the beach became a haven for tanning, not swimming. Needless to say, I am quite out of practice!

I hope to use this blog as a forum to track my progress in each of the three events, have mild whatamidoing freak outs, and to gain wisdom and advice from anyone who has undertaken this kind of challenge before. Kim and I have been friends for many years, and if there's one thing I know about us, its that we really can do anything we set our minds to, and this race is certainly a testament to that.

With that, I'm off for a run!