Training starts today

Today is Thursday February 4, 2010

I have agreed to participate in a Triathlon event in Boston the July 2010.

Why did I agree to take this challenge? Because I am always up for a challenge. The harder the challenge the better.

I have never done anything like this before, so It will be an eye opener for sure. Mentally, I have been prepping myself since last November.

The Biking should come easy since I am a cyclist and SPIN regularly, as for the swimming, well, I have never swam for a 1/2 mile straight with out a break at full steam. I do feel confident though that I will have no problem here since I use to be on the swim team and have numerous winning ribbons.

I Just need to stay focussed and go forward. Today I swam 15 laps with a pitiful time of 20 minutes. I need to shave down this time to 15 or less and get 22 full laps in.

The Running part of the event will prove to be most challenging for me since I am not a runner. I know it is a mental thing that I need to get over.

It is just so unpleasant and everything hurts.

This Past Monday I decided to wear my Ipod for the run. I have no idea why I did not think of this before. Music is a Godsend and I was able to pull of three miles in 36 minutes. This is a rather pitiful time in general, but for me it was quite an accomplishment. My goal is to shave the time down to 15-20 minutes.

My ultimate goal is to do the entire event which includes a 1/2 mile swim, 15 mile bike ride and 3 1/2 mile run in under an hour. I checked last years results and the winning time was 48 minutes. A big goal, but I can do it.

My eating habits have been rather good, but not perfect. I have this love with cheese, Wine and chocolate. Currently my weight is about 128 pounds. with a body fat percentage of 22% (It's that cheese & chocolate thing)

During my Body building competition my weight got down to 112 and Body Fat percentage was a healthy 11%

So My plan is this, Attend Tricia's Body Ball class 1-2 times a week, attend Yoga one a week, swim 30 laps once a week till the weather gets decent and then swim daily. Run every other day starting with 3 1/2 miles. Lay off the chocolate and cheese, and as hard as it will be, cut down on my wine consumption.

I just ordered another Revmaster pro bike so that I can participate in the SPINNING classes that I teach. The Bike should be here in 4 weeks.

Ok, so here I am, Obligated to train and get through this event. Game on!