training. bright and early saturday morning.okay. it's like april.
what am i saving this story for?!??? i've committed to raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and completing the 2006 New York City Triathlon on july 16. my goal is to raise $2400 really soon... like before my birthday on may 12. and of course, completing the triathlon.
so first and foremost, if you're reading this already, please go visit my fundraising website and donate now!
http://www.active.com/donate/tntnyc/tntnycVLontoc
moving on.
we've just passed our two month mark for our training. we swim on mondays. run on wednesdays. then bike and/or run on saturdays. and then you train or work out some more on other days when you can...
the course is a 0.9 mile swim, 26 mile bike ride, and 10k (or 6.2 mi) run... oh yeah. we will swim in the hudson river.
right now, the trainings involve learning techniques by practicing over and over and over... and building endurance. our runs have gone up to 50-minute runs, which at my pace gets up to 5 miles. we haven't biked much but i've been going to those spinning classes, which work you out reaaally gooood for almost a good hour. (i was sweating buckets.) this past weekend, i dropped off my bike to a shop for a tune-up and be ready to ride out the rest of the year (or at least until july).
and of course, there's the swim, my weakest link. i actually barely knew how to swim when i joined. temporary insanity... however, by listening, taking the coaching, making the adjustment, and practicing -- i would say this is the area where i would have the biggest improvement and breakthrough. today, i swam at least 250-300 hundred meters. that's roughly 0.15 mi. that means i would have to learn to swim six times longer (to get to 0.9 mi). really need to get that breathing technique down...
i invite everyone to encourage and support me, donate, keep me going. whatever it takes. sometimes, the hardest thing is simply to show out. make sure that i show up.
