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^^^That sounds awsome. I hope to get a "real" bike ride this weekend myself.

Got my swim in to-night. I ended up a little sort as my legs started cramping up towards the end. I have to remember to drink more water in the future.

Did a swim (400 yds) and an easy run (20 min - 1.75 miles) tonight. Tomorrow is all rest before the mini tri on Saturday.

Thank you all for your well wishes. Really appreciate the support.

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You are going to do GREAT Lina.  Make sure you post with your results...we will all be waiting.

Today was a rough day.  Had to be in an all day workshop in one of our other offices. Did not get out of there until after 5 and was about 6:30 when I got home.

I did a 30 minute run instead of a 1:15.  I just did not have it in me.

Wow, 2 hours on the treddy.  Good luck Kristen.  That is as much a mental workout as a physical one.

I've been a little frustrated lately. 

I want to be thin, and I guess people's definition of thin varries, but in my mind, I have a weight and a pants that I want to be.  I am just relly doubting my bodies ability to get there.

Maybe there comes a point in life where you settle in to a certain body composition and that's as good as it gets.  I am sure that if I was willing to go on some fad diet, or quit my job and workout 6 hours a day I could get there, but the quitting the job thing is not realistic, and the fad diet thing may work for a few weeks but there will come a point where I need to eat more than meat, eggs and cheese.

So, I have to learn to love what I have.  I eat fairly well.  Try to limit my refined carbs.  Working on portion control but that is relly not a big issue for me.  Drinking a lot of water and being active.  What else can I do?

Just accept what is, continue to live a healthy lifestyle and keep moving forward.

Swim tonight

Good morning all.

Got a light run during lunch today and then a good swim tonight.

BTW, has anyone had the chance to see the web video of the 2008 Ironman Champs at kona? Its pretty good stuff;

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=144461&posts=10&start=1

I tell you that Christy Wellington is just phenomonal. It was funny how all the other girls were pretty much resigned to the fact that they were all racing for second. It's scray how good she is.

Thank you so much for all your encouring words everyone.

Marcy - I read this article on BT a couple of days ago, and thought - "so true". I think you might enjoy the article as well and not feel so gloomy about your weight - http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=1665.

Good luck with your run Kristen. That's a long one.

OK all I got my light run in at lunch today, now i have my swim tonight. I was supposed to be riding a bike tomorrow but its freaken cold out there. I may just hit the gym for a spin class instead.

 Come'on spring!!! Get here!! I wanna ride!

I knew today was going to be a toughie..

Met Scott and Terry at the track at 9am to do an LT field test.  It was colder than I thought, or actually windier but after the first few minutes I felt very comfortable.  My HR was the same as it has been the past 3 times I have done this, but I am pretty sure my pace was much better.  That's what it's all about right...going faster at the same LT.

Got some breakfast and then off to help my mom and one of her friends.  They are so cute...they want to start working out.  My mom is 65, and if she weighs 90 lbs that is a lot.  But I applaud her for wanting to keep her body healthy.  So We went to the little gym in her apartment and I showed them some basic resistance exercises on the universal machine.  I also showed them how to safely use the treadmill, bike and Precor.  They are funny...taking notes and asking so many questions!

Then, a 1:10 trainer ride.  Today was an easy spin but as I have learned by the LT, easy now is not the easy of a few months ago.  Kept a steady 70-75% effort.  

Now I must shower and eat.  We sill have a little swim later. 

All right ladies and gentlemen, I did my first triathlon. Definitely did not hit the distances I wanted to, but was a different interesting experience. We had to share a lap, so definitely was not prepared for that and it threw my whole swimming off. Oh! And did I mention we crashed during oh about the 3rd lap. Blahhhh....

But the rest of it went okay I guess. I pushed hard on the bike. Didn't meet the distance I wanted to, but not too bad. Took it easy on the run because I was a little worried about my foot. But actually the run was not bad at all. My trainer did some miracle massage on my foot just before the race started and it worked pretty good.

The official stats will be out tomorrow, but the unofficial ones are: 10 min swim - 380 yds, 30 min spin bike - 10.68 miles, 20 min treadmill run - 1.87 miles (i accidentally pressed the stop button 1 sec earlier. Arghhhhh).

Does anyone know how I can put my race stats in BT?

Overall. Exciting experience. I would most definitely do it again. And because this went well (more or less), I am going to sign up for th TriRidgefield (its a sprint). I wanted to do this first to see if I can even do it or if it was just wishful thinking. I know I am not there in distances, but I know I need to work on my swim and run and I think I can do it.

Rest of the weekend plan - Rest and finally have a glass of wine. Yummmm. Thanks all for the support.

Great job Lina!!!

You can pit all the times and distances in your training log.  If you want, you can create a race in the database.  That will add it to your training log and you can also then create a race report.

Proud of you

Thanks Kirsten.

Marcy - You need to send some of that warmth to northeast. Its snowing here and we have single degree temperatures. Oh! I am so jealous.

Today's plan. Rest and clean the house (it looks like a pig sty here). May be if my legs cooperate, an easy 15 min. trainer ride.

 If you're not already, eliminate HFCS and partially hydrogenated oils from your diet.  Get rid of everything processed, white flour, white rice, white sugar.   Eat whole foods, clean foods, make sure you have plenty of protein and fiber.  Once I got in the habit of all of that it became second nature.  I know some people love her and some hate her, but I really found that Tosca Reno's Eat Clean Cookbook and the Eating Clean magazine have great recipes and help a lot.  My sister in law (who is obese) lost 10 pounds in one week at my house just eating what I cooked for her. 

 But also, as you say, accepting your body at whatever weight it seems most comfortable is also very important.   If we pick some random number and just can't get there, it's very self-defeating.   Best of luck to you!