Subject: Overweight, Unhealthy and New to Tri! Help! Hello all! My story: I had an extremely stressful year that included losing someone close to me and I gained 60lbs during that time. I am 27, female and only 5'4", so that's a ton of extra weight. I was competitive in sports my entire life, played lacrosse in college and used to be in peak physical condition. Clearly, now I am not.
I also was recently diagnosed with lupus, something they think I've struggled with for several years. I tried crossfit in the winter and I kept having injuries (which led to the discovery of lupus ) and despite my love for it, at this point I don't feel that I am able to do enough of the movements without getting injured again.
All negative factors aside, I have been craving competition in my life. I used to run competitively back in high school and I recently started to take my bike out and got addicted to riding. I've always been a strong swimmer but never swam for anything besides my own fitness. I knew the second day of riding my bike 10 miles + that competing in a tri was what I needed to feel good about myself and my body again.
I started the Couch-to-Sprint training program a few days ago and plan to do a tri sprint at the end of September. I would absolutely love to speak to anyone here who also did that program! |