Tri Del sol

I did a triathlon this past Saturday.  It was my first since 1999.  It was a 1/2 mile swim, 18 mile bike and 4.5 mile run.  My time was 2:05.  It was so much fun, but I have a LOT of work to do!  

Below are Amy and Kris who did it with me.  It was a beautiful morning and the weather could not have been any more perfect.  It was 56 degrees in the morning!  We have been having such a hot summer that I was totally prepared for the weather to be the biggest obstacle of the day, so the cooler weather is what made everything so enjoyable I think.

This is my transition area.  Boy do I have a lot of work to do on my transitions!  I forgot to have my sunglasses ready and had to dig those out.  I didn't dry my feet off well enough and my socks were soaked!  Next year I think I will get the elastic shoe laces and not wear socks!  I definitely wasn't as prepared for transitions as I should have been.

This is the bike I WANT!!!!  I want it soooooo bad!!!!  My bike is from 1984!  It just can't do what so many other bikes can!  The bike should be my strength, but I got passed by so many people!!!  So I'm hoping and praying that I can get a new bike over the winter.  The bike below is a Trek Madone 4.6 and it's in my favorite color :))

I could have pushed myself more, but in the end I'm happy with my race because I ended feeling good and really enjoyed myself, which makes me want to do more tri's.  I won't be able to do more this year because of time and money and I'm already registered for two 1/2 marathons.  But I am going to focus on them for next year.  So I will have a whole winter to get in the pool and work on my swimming and to save up for that bike :)

Unfortunately I still have not been eating better!  I was doing good right after I started blogging, but then the morning of the race (in the porta potty of course) I started my period.  I felt so fat and bloated and yucky, so of course that day I justified some horrible eating!  I mean why not, I did a tri that day AND I started my period!   So once again I just haven't been able to get back on track.  But I can't let it go another day.  I still want to lose weight for my half marathons and ultimately keep it off so that I can really focus on doing tri's next year.  So I will take it one day at a time!

8 Mile Run

Had a great 8 mile run with some friends this morning!  We finally got some MUCH needed rain and it cooled things off some, which felt so great to run in.  I got a couple blisters though from soggy socks so I'm hoping they don't bug me too much during my tri on Saturday.

These say it all for me!

Goals for Today

Above are the bleachers I ran with a friend this morning!  We started on the right side, ran up and across, back down and across.  We did that 10 times.  Then I ran a mile around the track and she did some sprints.  It was 90 degrees at 8:30 this morning.  Thank goodness for the drinking hoses that were left out for the football players!!

My only goals for today are #1:  Drink this gallon of water!!!!  I've already had a liter, but I WILL drink this whole thing today too!  I have a triathlon this Saturday and I really need to start hydration NOW!  I biked the route last night in 100 degree weather and I felt a little dehydrated this morning during bleachers.  My calves were cramping a little.  So I will be eating plenty of carbs to help hold this water in too.

 Goal #2:  To help with the hydration and carbs, I will eat plenty of these cucumbers and frozen blueberries!!  I'm going to eat 200 grams of carbs today, but my goal is to pick carbs with nutritional value too.  

Even though I hit that point yesterday where I was just MISERABLE, I'm still not feeling 100% motivated and ready to jump on the clean eating bandwagon.  I want to want too, you know what I mean?  But something is still holding me back.  I don't know if it's because I feel like I shouldn't be where I am AGAIN!   Am I going to get on track for a while and then a year or two from now, get way off track again?  I guess I can't worry about that, I just know I need to focus on today, make the best choices I can, focus on setting good examples for my kids and clients, and stop turning to food for comfort.