Well, I wasn't lying when I said this past weekend was going to be hard. haha
On Saturday, we had our mock triathlon. It was pretty much a real race, just slightly shorter than the actual one I'll be doing. We did a .5 mile swim, 18 mile hilly bike, and a 5 mile run. I finished in 2 hours, 25 minutes. My swim was about 20 minutes, my bike slightly over an hour, and the run slightly under an hour.
The guys started 5 minutes before the ladies, and I finished a few minutes before a handful of the guys. I surprised myself, as well as my mentor, coaches and other teammates. It made me feel much more at ease about the big race.
I ended up not doing the triathlon on Sunday. I damaged my toe on Saturday from all the running last week. So I woke up at 4am on Sunday morning, put on my running shoes, jogged around a bit to see how I felt, and decided it just wasn't worth damaging it anymore to do another practice triathlon. So instead, I rode 26 miles with some of my teammates.
I have taken two days off of training, and today I get to hop back into it with my favorite thing -- swimming!
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Friday, August 17, 2007
3 WEEKS -- Eek!!!!
Wow -- time is just FLYING by right now. It's pretty intense.
After Sunday, I only have three weeks left of trainging, and then it's the big race! I'm scared and excited and nervous. Every time I think of crossing the finish line, I get a huge bubble of excitement. But then I start thinking about the preparation and transitions and forgetting my bike or something equally ridiculous, and I get nervous. And then I think about getting off the bike after 25 miles and having to run 6 miles (which is hard enough on its own) and I get scared.
I ran 7 miles last night. I would have never even thought that possible for me. I HATE running. I'm HORRIBLE at it. My body was not meant for it, but I managed (somehow) to run 7 miles last night. I'm still a bit in shock.
This weekend is going to be very hard for me. A while ago, a couple of teammates and myself signed up for a triathlon sprint at Hansen Dam on Aug. 19 just for practice. We're not really racing. Our team was supposed to be having our practice "mini-triathlon" (which is actually a long sprint triathlon; .5 mile swim, 18mile bike, 4 mile run) on Aug. 25. Well, the team triathlon was bumped up to Aug. 18. So, now I have a triathlon to do tomorrow early in the morning, and another one on Sunday early in the morning. And I've never even done one yet. I'm going to be dead to the world on Sunday evening. Hopefully I will survive both tris. I'll let you know.
Thanks for all the support!
After Sunday, I only have three weeks left of trainging, and then it's the big race! I'm scared and excited and nervous. Every time I think of crossing the finish line, I get a huge bubble of excitement. But then I start thinking about the preparation and transitions and forgetting my bike or something equally ridiculous, and I get nervous. And then I think about getting off the bike after 25 miles and having to run 6 miles (which is hard enough on its own) and I get scared.
I ran 7 miles last night. I would have never even thought that possible for me. I HATE running. I'm HORRIBLE at it. My body was not meant for it, but I managed (somehow) to run 7 miles last night. I'm still a bit in shock.
This weekend is going to be very hard for me. A while ago, a couple of teammates and myself signed up for a triathlon sprint at Hansen Dam on Aug. 19 just for practice. We're not really racing. Our team was supposed to be having our practice "mini-triathlon" (which is actually a long sprint triathlon; .5 mile swim, 18mile bike, 4 mile run) on Aug. 25. Well, the team triathlon was bumped up to Aug. 18. So, now I have a triathlon to do tomorrow early in the morning, and another one on Sunday early in the morning. And I've never even done one yet. I'm going to be dead to the world on Sunday evening. Hopefully I will survive both tris. I'll let you know.
Thanks for all the support!
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