I'm Tri'ing

The past 3 weeks I have been very consistent with my workout routine and have worked out at least 4 days a week primarily increasing my running and a bit on the stationary bike.  But I have been working out at home.  We have a great home gym but we don't have an indoor pool.  Every Sunday I prepare for going to the gym on Monday morning but when the alarm goes off I have been shutting it off and rolling over. The good is that I can sleep another hour and still have an hour for a workout before I have to start getting ready; the bad is that I don't have an indoor pool.  I looked at my workout spreadsheet and can't believe I haven't swam since August.  So once again it's Sunday and I've packed for the gym but this time I need to get up.  I have to get back to that pool for many reasons: 1.  I have to swim 1.2 miles next September. 2.  I have to continue to improve my swimming. 3.  It does wonders for my leg. When I had back surgery in 201...

Earlier in the year I set December 1st as the date I would decide if I was going to do a 1/2 Ironman during my 2014 triathlon season........and earlier this week I made my decision and signed up for the Kerrville Half Distance Triathlon , which is the 1/2 Ironman distance - 1.2 mile swim / 56 mile bike / 13.1 mile run.  WOW, did I just say that - YES I DID!  I am excited and scared at the same time.  September 2014 is a long ways away but there is still a lot of work to do in order to be ready for this event. 1.  Select a training plan - I'm going to go with a box training plan from my good friends at School of Tri .  The plan I am going to select is 24 weeks long and will give me access to Krista Schultz an amazing trainer that I know from She Does Tri . 2.  Goal weight - I'm still working on this but I know that training will be much easier if I can get to my goal weight so I would like to achieve this by the end of March 2014. 3.  Stick to my ...