Triathlon

June 19, 2010

I am jealous of my kid. I wish I could do what he is doing. He is entering the 6th grade and is self conscious about changing into his pe clothes in front of others. He is extremely muscular from the waist down, being an avid soccer player. But he feels fat. He isn't but he could use more cardio activity. He wouldn't commit to running over the summer, who could blame him in the south. He did agree to swim team. Neither one of us is experienced in this sport. But I am so proud of him he has improved immensely and it takes great discipline to get up three times a week and be ready to swim by 8am. He has taken one swim class and I taught him other strokes as best as I could from what I remembered ages ago. In three weeks he swimming with correct strokes and learned how to dive. He was awesome. I need to get out of my comfort zone too. I am working on my running in the morning. As soon as I can run for 45 minutes comfortably, I will start swimming and biking. I hope to do a triathlon in September. I don't think I am ready to rent a wetsuit and I also need to find some way to make some income. The registration fees are not cheap.
I am trying to be kind to myself and push myself when my body agrees. I usually have to get my workouts done in the morning when I have most of my energy. I hope to write down my progress. I am following a recommended training program from Runner's World. This next week I start run 7minute and walk three and work until 30 minutes. I have cut down on my strength training in terms of added weight. I am switching to lighter weights. More tomorrow to write about my run- 2mile walk and 2 mile jog.