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42 Weeks!!

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 current workout plan to help build on my swim/bike/run skills as well as focus on strength training.

4.  Figure out what the rest of my 2014 triathlon schedule will look like.  At the very least I want to do the Olympic distance that I did this year as good practice but also to improve on my time from this year.

5. Develop a focus board - my wonderful hubby is hanging a magnetic dry erase board and a cork board for me so I can use this as my focus / motivational board.  I'll be posting those things that help to inspire and drive me!

The past few months I've really slacked on my updates but I really want to document this next level of my journey so I will definitely be posting updates more frequently.

My triathlon life has been a work in progress since my 1st relay event in September of 2004 so maybe there is something to be said that I'm going to do my 1st 1/2 Ironman 10 years from when my journey began.  I was hooked after that 1st event in which I did the bike leg of a 3 person relay but I don't think that day I thought I would be at this stage.  When I did want to go the distance I thought it would have been a few years earlier but life gave me some detours along the way.

I look forward to sharing my journey!


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