I'm Tri'ing

It's hard to believe that it's been almost a month since my race and I have not made any progress towards my goals for the rest of the year. This lack of progress is mainly because I have been lazy but most recently I have done something to my back.  Last weekend  I tweaked my back and was in some pain but rested up and by Tuesday felt I could start working out again. When I was working out, I felt several jarring sharp pains that brought me to my knees and tears to my eyes.  Since then I have tried to stretch as much as possible and have gotten a massage but I'm still in a good amount of pain. The first thing I thought of was that day 2 years ago that I ended up in the ER and then a week later was having back surgery.  I wasn't ready for it then and I'm not ready for it now so I've decided that I'm going to try to get a Dr appointment for next Friday.  I need to know if I have done some long term damage or if it's just taking longer to heal than what ...

I had a complete week of no workouts.  I assumed I would be a bit sore after my big event so we decided it would be a great time to visit the family and I'm still nursing the big blister on my left ankle.  An entire week of not working out I figured I would feel absolutely horrible but I actually feel pretty good.  I feel rested and ready to get back to work! As I mentioned previously I was not going to make any decisions about next year until at least one week after the race, well it's been a week and I know that my 2015 triathlon season will not involve an Ironman but it will have at least one if not two 1/2 Ironman events.  I feel that I need to have at least another season before I seriously think about tackling an Ironman. It's easy to think it's double of what you just did and that wasn't that bad so how bad could it be.....double the training and double the time....uh no it's not really that simple. For the rest of the year along with focusing on so...

Kerrville 1/2 Full Triathlon 2014 Report Kerrville, TX Swim - 1.2 / Bike - 56 miles / Run - 13.1 miles Start time 7:30 a.m. Overall time 7:15:07 Pre-Race Race weekend held many surprises - two if my dearest friends traveled from Maryland to watch me race, it continued when I received a "Good Luck" video from family and friends, car decorating and signs from my cheering crew (Rob, Joy, Sue, Janet & Roger). On Saturday I was very nervous, the hubby had to talk me off the edge a couple of times but race morning I was pretty calm, taking silly photos and trying to be as positive as possible.   Weather Initially I was worried about the heat but as the weekend got closer I was worried about cold weather and rain but it turned out be a beautiful day Swim Time - 50:05 I didn't think I did well on the swim so I was surprised at my time, because I thought I was going to be over the hour mark.  The start was an individual time trial that you run into the water, wh...