Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Starting off slow

Well, so far...so far.   I have yet to work up the ambition to start my running program again, as all I think of when I think of running is pain.   This is actually sort of funny as I am sitting here typing this with an ice pack wrapped around my knee due to the 36 mile bike ride I just put in.  But yes, running = pain.  

I did do a small portion of my strength training last night.  I was terribly slow at swimming last winter, and I'm hoping that putting a little more muscle on my arms will help with that.   Well, that and losing another 50-70 lbs.    Along those same lines, I'm trying to increase my cadence while biking (the only part of triathlon that I'm actively doing...hmm).   My theory there is that I must kick faster to go faster, and biking faster is sort of like kicking.  We'll see.

The local bike/tri group has weekly training sessions at a lake near here.   I'm trying to decide if I have the mental fortitude to go to this training when I a) swim very slow and b) run even slower.   Still, I don't have a lot of opportunities to swim, so maybe I could just go and swim whilst everyone else does the whole shebang.  

The biggest step towards doing a tri that I have actually accomplished this week is telling *everyone* I know that I intend to do a triathlon.   I figure if I tell enough people, I pretty much have to, right?


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