I'm Tri'ing

I'm 4 weeks out from my first race of the season and first 1/2 marathon.  Am I ready??  hmmm not so much.  I practically took most of last week off and here we are Tuesday evening and I still haven't made it to the gym this week.  Guess I need to get my butt in gear tomorrow!!  I have been struggling to get and stay motivated.  My longest run since last season has been a bit over 8 miles so over the next couple of weeks I need to work on adding a few more - 5 to be exact. This is not an A race but important to me since I have never done a running race longer than 5K, yes i have done a 1/2 marathon but I haven't run the entire distance and that is my goal for this race.  I want to be able to run the entire race to prove to myself that I can. Reviewing last years schedule I'm not too far off from those distances so I'm still in a good spot but I need to get serious about training soon!

I'm registered for 3 of the planned 6 races.  I will wait to register for Rock n Roll till later in the year when I decide if I want to register for 1/2 or full marathon.  The 2 Olympic distance tri's (June and July) that I did last year have not announced dates, sadly it's possible that neither of these races might happen. I read on one of the websites that residents near the Boerne City Lake haven't been happy with the traffic that the races bring to the area.  One of the race directors has submitted an alternate course option but that was in November and they haven't posted any updates. So I have 2 choices, limit my race schedule to the other 4 or try to find 2 other Olympic distances near by........need to figure that out.  REALLY wanted to go back and race Gatorbait.  This is the race that I got a leg cramp, flat tire and my odometer wasn't working as well it has a huge hill called Heartbreak hill and I didn't make it all the way on the bike.  So I d...