Simply Stu World Wide Triathlon - 2006 - TriathlonSprint

It seems like forever since I've taken the time to go swimming but it felt amazing to get back in the water. It was like I never left. Everything felt natural. Time is a composite of my best 4.5 100's.

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I was thinking a lot about Jen during my bike ride. At the time I was out on my bike, she was getting more MRI's to figure out why she's been so weak on one side of her body lately. Every time I felt like slacking off, thinking about her was all I needed to put some more meat to the pedals and push myself a little harder. A few minutes were lost to traffic lights and waiting to cross busy roads, but not a bad time.

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Same as the bike, every time I felt like slacking off a little bit, I'd think about Jen. In her current state, just getting out of bed with minimal help from someone is a major accomplishment some days. Who am I to waste the health I have to be able to run as much as possible if all Jen wants is to be able to walk under her own power without having to hold on to everything around her like a toddler.

Not walk the 0.2 of a mile that I walked.

Um, squat for training since early January?


This race is just what I needed. I'm actually really happy with my times considering that I haven't done jack for training for a while with everything else going on. It really makes me appreciate the work I've done on my fitness to this point. Now I'm really excited to start training more regularly once Jen gets home.

What was really cool is that my 5 year nephew did his version if this triathlon too (1/10 of the distances that I did) and he had a blast. it was his first and it was really cool to listen to a 5 year old's triathlon philosophy. Lots of stuff we can all learn:

- "Triathlons are HARD. I'm having fun, but triathlons are hard."
- "I need to stop at the top of this hill Uncle Paco. The pain in my legs is the energy that I'm making."
- "I want to practice more so that I can be a little better next time."