It may be a little hard to see, but that is Callie peaking out from my TYR backpack. She is looking for her goggles...Tri U Mah -- a fantastic indoor triathlon held at the University of Minnesota -- is only two weeks away.
I'm doing the event this year with Marcia, Nat and Gary. I'm very excited to get back in to "the season".
The event always represents the "unofficial" official start of training season for me. Unofficial because it is held in FEBRUARY in MINNESOTA, so it is kind of tough to be very "in" to training when the winds are whipping, the snow is mounting and the days are still dismally dark.
But, it is official because the event signals "hope" that winter will end sooner rather than later and then the real fun begins.
The event's format is pretty cool: swim for 30 minutes; bike for 30 minutes; run for 30 minutes. T1 and T2 are both 10 ten minutes long. Volunteers measure the completed distance in each discipline and who ever covers the most ground during the event wins. (It is never me...)
Tri U Mah was the first triathlon I ever did and, apparently, that first time was five years ago. It's the 5th anniversary of the event and there are about six people (including me) that have participated every year. The six of us are being "highlighted" in some way or another during the event, which is nice. The people putting together asked for a photo to use, so I sent one from Lifetime Fitness a couple summers ago. I looked relatively fit, which is certainly not the case right now.
I've put on my usual share of winter weight, which is never a surprise and always a drag (literally and figuratively).
Although I have been better at working out again, I certainly have not been training in earnest. I've had some great days with my food (meaning no candy or sugar) followed by days of nothing but candy and sugar.
So, changing in to my swim suit today to get ready for my mini rehearsal for Tri U Mah meant avoiding the mirror at all costs. Same with positioning myself on a bike and a treadmill -- I found the ones with the least mirror exposure. I can feel my bulky bulkiness, I don't really need to see it... (Denial, denial, denial...)
I only did 20 minutes each of swimming, biking and running today. I covered 990 yards swimming (or .5625 miles); 5.62 miles on the bike and 1.70 running.
I should have covered more ground running, but a friend of mine, Phyllis, was at the club today. I haven't seen her in a very long time, so she and I chatted for about 8 minutes while I walked very quickly on the treadmill.
Sometimes chatting is more important than focusing on the distance...
I'm doing the event this year with Marcia, Nat and Gary. I'm very excited to get back in to "the season".
The event always represents the "unofficial" official start of training season for me. Unofficial because it is held in FEBRUARY in MINNESOTA, so it is kind of tough to be very "in" to training when the winds are whipping, the snow is mounting and the days are still dismally dark.
But, it is official because the event signals "hope" that winter will end sooner rather than later and then the real fun begins.
The event's format is pretty cool: swim for 30 minutes; bike for 30 minutes; run for 30 minutes. T1 and T2 are both 10 ten minutes long. Volunteers measure the completed distance in each discipline and who ever covers the most ground during the event wins. (It is never me...)
Tri U Mah was the first triathlon I ever did and, apparently, that first time was five years ago. It's the 5th anniversary of the event and there are about six people (including me) that have participated every year. The six of us are being "highlighted" in some way or another during the event, which is nice. The people putting together asked for a photo to use, so I sent one from Lifetime Fitness a couple summers ago. I looked relatively fit, which is certainly not the case right now.
I've put on my usual share of winter weight, which is never a surprise and always a drag (literally and figuratively).
Although I have been better at working out again, I certainly have not been training in earnest. I've had some great days with my food (meaning no candy or sugar) followed by days of nothing but candy and sugar.
So, changing in to my swim suit today to get ready for my mini rehearsal for Tri U Mah meant avoiding the mirror at all costs. Same with positioning myself on a bike and a treadmill -- I found the ones with the least mirror exposure. I can feel my bulky bulkiness, I don't really need to see it... (Denial, denial, denial...)
I only did 20 minutes each of swimming, biking and running today. I covered 990 yards swimming (or .5625 miles); 5.62 miles on the bike and 1.70 running.
I should have covered more ground running, but a friend of mine, Phyllis, was at the club today. I haven't seen her in a very long time, so she and I chatted for about 8 minutes while I walked very quickly on the treadmill.
Sometimes chatting is more important than focusing on the distance...
4 comments:
And you know what else they say, sometimes you have to go slower to get faster. I'm counting on that at least. Sounds like we will be doing indoor tris about the same time.
Indoor sports that are more fun outdoors in summer! We do what we must to get through the winter.
And oh that extra winter weight.
Love your sweet kitty.
Congratulations on 5 years.
Good luck with the upcoming indoor tri!
Love this pic...say did you sign up for the short course for square lake? Just wanted to check before doing that. I am planning on doing it if you do as I'm tailing with you to WI for IM volunteering.
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