BIKE: Last time I wrote we were up to a 7 mile bike ride... well this past Saturday we did 11.5 miles!!!!!!!!!!! In the area we bike, there is always going to be hills! I still hate hills, but I have learned to get through them without complaining all the time! :) This weekend was a very nice sunny day! Those days make the bike rides so much more enjoyable... I really didn't feel like I went that far! I didn't hurt afterwards! I am beginning to really like biking. I am hoping to maybe save up for a road bike... they seem so nice but are so expensive... I think it will be a fun thing to get though... on some of our training days I have other ladies tell me things like "I don't know how you get that mountain bike up those hills." lol.. I just laugh cause I really have nothing to compare it to... one day? lol
RUN/WALK: We are up to the 3 mile run/walk... I have been walking most of it... I really want to get running and I know I will be there some day... might not be for this triathlon, but I will get there! :) The point is that I am moving right?
SWIM: We are up to 4 laps which is 800 yards, almost a half mile. If I compare myself to how I was on day one, I am getting a lot better at this swimming thing... it is really hard when we are training and I am half way finished with my laps and a lot of people are done and leaving already :( Lisa tells me I need to get that out of my head... that it doesn't matter how long it takes me to swim as long as I finish! I know that in my head... I just wish I could magically be fast at it! I even wish I had a wetsuit! lol... one day? lol... I am liking the swims a little more though...
Next Saturday we are doing a mini triathlon... not sure what to expect but I am sure glad we are doing one of these. We are ready I know... but putting all 3 things together is going to be interesting! I need to get a new suit though. The swimsuit I have is a girly one with a skirt..lol... that doesn't work well in a triathlon where you got to just put your bike shorts right over your suit when you get out! So I will be looking for one this week for our mini tri!
A fellow tribabe posted an article for us to read and I copied this section that really spoke to me the most and is how I am feeling now:
"I’m not the fastest, but I’m no longer the slowest either. I’m making progress. If I quit, I’m letting my insecurities win. I’m letting the people telling me I can’t do something because I can’t run 6-minute miles, because I don’t go out and run 13 miles every weekend, because I don’t wear a size small race kit that I’m not a true runner, cyclist, swimmer, or triathlete. I won’t get better and be where I want to be if I throw in the towel. You can only go faster, go longer, get stronger by training and practicing. I’ve accepted that I can only do what I’m physically capable of right now and I must appreciate my body for it’s capability to do just that.
I can run. I can cycle. I can swim. It doesn’t matter the speed, because for so many people, they can’t do any of that. I am working one step at a time and one race at a time. I’m grateful for the opportunity to do what so many people can only dream of doing. I shall overcome."
Thanks again for reading! I appreciate all the support! I am going to work as hard as I can to get my head focused once again and finish this thing as enthusiastic as I started! :)
