I'm Baaaack!!!

Remember me?  Uh-huh.  The girl that whined through my entire training for the Secret City Half Marathon in November.... yep.  I claim it.  Not proud of it (the whining part that is) but I'll man up and claim it.  What now you say?  WELL!  'Member that triathlon I mentioned that I Really wanted to do?  Ima gonna do it!

Here's the facts:

Iron Nut Triathlon
Town:  Abingdon, Virginia
Date:  June 2, 2012
Race:  Half-mile swim, 17 mile bike ride and 3.2 mile run

Now, you're probably thinking.... "errr, that's just SIX weeks away!"  O.K., well if you're not thinking it, trust me, I am.  I had this great and bright idea back in February.  And in March, I did start training, sort of.  And then the first of April came and things went to pot.  Life happened and I let it get in the way.  I didn't want to do anything.  For two weeks straight.  And so I didn't.....  Yikes.

That's where YOU come in, Again!  Aren't you lucky?  This is my "keep me honest" page.  I must keep going.  I've always wanted to do a triathlon and now the opportunity is literally at my feet and I don't want to blow it!  And the Best part (!), is that I have two girlfriends doing it with me!  Wahoo!  Two girlfriends, who I might add, are significantly more motivated to train than I am.

So off I go again.  This week, training is going to be very difficult as there's lots going on at the farm and lots of work to do.  I was determined to workout today, so I took the opportunity of my lunch break to take a run.  Shew.  If you don't recall, I.dont.like.running.  :(  I've tried!  So hard to love it!  But running and I are just like oil and water.  We can co-exist.  But we will never blend.  I ran 3 miles today.  I stopped midway and did some squats, push-ups and inverted froggies. (Which is in no way a technical name but what I call the exercise where I lay on my back, legs in the air, heels together, bend my knees out and down, heels together, and push my legs straight back up, heels still together.  It's a killer workout for your inner thighs.)  Then I ran back to my office but I did have to stop and walk twice in the last half mile.  Not great, but I'll get there!

I'm still having feet problems that are residual of the half-marathon training.  And occasionally still some knee pain.  But I'm not gonna let it get me down.  Noooope.  Ima gonna do it!  Regardless of the fact that I'm a HORRIBLE bike rider.  True story.  A story for another day.

Happy (as it can be) Monday!