Trial Tri

Today Tim and I did a trail triathalon with all of the distances of the upcoming June 1st triathlon at Hawk Island in East Lansing. I swam the 400 in about 11.5 mins, biked in about 30 mins, and run 3 miles in about 31 mins. I was pretty pleased that that. I still have four weeks and need to train harder, but I feel mostly ready and at this point so early in the game, that is a good thing! Our transitions were a little longer than they will be for real, but still, it was a great start!

Spring has sprung

Well, we are having a glorious spring here in Michigan.

It is unseasonably warm, and that's ok with us who put up with a pretty harsh winter!

This past week has mostly been in the seventies, and I've been on my bike 5 days in a row. I haven't really hit it hard on the bike until today, because I'm still getting used to the damn clip-ins. The last few days have either been in the neighborhood only, or around some main roads not too far from the neighborhood. Today was the first day I didn't have a meltdown out of frustration of not being able to clip in or fall on my butt. So it was a good day. It was only a 12.5 mile bike, but we averaged about 17 mph, so that's a good start and we'll start kicking up the mileage and speed now that I'm getting comfortable.

Yay spring!

Mama's got a new pair of shoes

While I was on one of my trips, my wonderful husband went to REI and bought me some new biking shoes with coordinating new pedals.

Then when I was on another trip, my awesome husband (yes, the same guy) took my bike to the bike shop, got it tuned up and put the pedals on and put the clips on the shoes.

Today was the first day that I got a chance to try them out. I've been a little stressed out about them, because I have a fairly big fear of falling, and I don't love the idea of being physically attached to my bike.

So I went out into the grass to practice while my wonderful husband (still the same guy!) was inside eating and watching out the back door. I had a really hard time starting, because I was so afraid to fall. And guess what? It was no big deal!!! I did fall twice in the grass, but it wasn't that big of a deal. I even ventured out into the road a little. I think tomorrow we'll go out a little more in the neighborhood until I get really comfortable.

I'm so proud of overcoming my fears. :)

Unscathed

Where have I been the last few weeks?

Well, 3 weeks ago, was in Atlanta for a week, Mon-Fri for a all day training class. The class went from 8-6 or 7 every day. They fed us, mostly unhealthy stuff, and it was a real struggle! I did run a lot while I was there, but still.

Then I was in Florida for a week visiting Tim's family. Mostly I was healthy and I ran and swam a lot to make up for any treats. :) We had a great time.

Thursday I flew to New York for 1 night to visit a couple of clients.

The good news is I didn't gain ONE POUND! I think that is quite an accomplishment for basically eating out for the last 3 weeks. I think when I came home from Atlanta, I was up a few pounds (probably extra sodium, etc.), but it all worked out and I am SO HAPPY.

Yay me!

Worms

It's spring!

How do you really know it's spring? Well it's when you run outside and there are worms on the sidewalk, that's how.

Today I ran outside for the first time in like 3 months and there were worms. It was awesome to be outside, but I forget how different outside is from inside. It was windy out, and it really slowed me down. Not that I minded really, it's just when you're in all winter, you forget about the elements. Now it's time to become re-acquainted with them.

Conspiracy Theory

So today they posted the results of the indoor tri. I think they posted my swim lengths incorrectly, as you can see below, they have me at 30 lengths and I think I did 23. I don't really think there is anyway I could have done 30. Patti keeps insisting that I did that many and won out of the four of us, but my conspiracy theory is that she's trying to make me feel better for all the times she kicked my ass in the past and will do so in the future. What do you think? ;)

First name	Swim (lengths)	Bike (miles)	Run (laps)	Swim Points	Bike Points	Run Points	Total Points
Jeanne	30	4.37	11	47.5	43.7	55	146.2
James	34	4.57	8	53.8	45.7	40	139.5
Patricia	32	4.27	9	50.6	42.7	45	138.3
Tim	31	4.32	9	49.1	43.2	45	137.3

New Plan

Earlier this year I mentioned that I might be doing an Olympic size triathlon, which I wasn't thrilled about, but I was going to do anyway. Originally, I wanted to focus on sprints again this year, compare to last year and then maybe do some longer ones next year. But due to positive peer pressure by CERTAIN PEOPLE I was going to do a long one this year. ;)

Well, Patti got news recently that she really shouldn't be doing that much on her knee that early in the season (June 22nd), and Jo, well she'll just be a couple week off of her marathon.

So we have decided not to do an Olympic this year, and stick to sprints, which is really fine with me. I'd like to focus on speed this year (which I'll post about later), so I'm a happy camper.

And Jo had the brilliant idea of doing the Olympic, but maybe just doing a relay with the 3 of us, which I think is a fabulous idea and I'm very excited about.

So that's the plan for now. It seems to change a lot, but I do think I'm finally starting to lock the summer events down.