TAN 45: `TANnihilating Political Threads One by One.' (Page 38)

I think doing my marathon last october got me to enjoy running... i understand what you are saying about getting excited for the marathon... totally awesome experience.

yeah... sometimes races suck so I don't think about tris so much in the midst of them... just focus on the task at hand.  

-B 

Morning Crowny.

10 hours of sleep last night and I'm feeling good to go today.  Drive home seemed a bit on the long side, but I got to listen to some football.  F-ing Bears.  How did that happen?

Hmm.  I'm not sure the most coherent way to express what I'm feeling.  Basically I always thought it would be fun to do a triathlon so I did one.  It was pretty fun, but yeah it kind of sucked through the actual race.  However I really like doing the training.  Now that I've done a couple, just doing the training, I don't know it's not the same.  I'm not that fast, and I'm not really a competitive person, but I don't know why I spend so much time at tri's if I'm going to be DFL in my age group. I mean I know people that won't train for months and can still smoke me by over twenty minutes in a sprint.  I mean, I'm not a competitive person, but I still feel like a loser.  And I'm not a really much of a racer - I don't like biking fast, it holds no appeal for me.  And to get better at tri's people seem to spend at least 40-50% of their time on the bike.  I dunno.  I feel like I've already invested a lot time and moneywise into the endeavour.  Also, I'm afraid that if I don't have races on the schedule that I won't keep up with my exercising and become a chunky boo again.  I'd rather do tris and hate them, then end up with type II diabetes.  It's not that I don't enjoy being active/athletic, it's just really easy for me to get sidetracked without a specific deadline looming. 

I'm signed up for a race in  two weeks and I'm just not feeling it - I mean it's free and I still not feeling it.  Bah. 

Hmm.  I'm not sure the most coherent way to express what I'm feeling.  Basically I always thought it would be fun to do a triathlon so I did one.  It was pretty fun, but yeah it kind of sucked through the actual race.  However I really like doing the training.  Now that I've done a couple, just doing the training, I don't know it's not the same.  I'm not that fast, and I'm not really a competitive person, but I don't know why I spend so much time at tri's if I'm going to be DFL in my age group. I mean I know people that won't train for months and can still smoke me by over twenty minutes in a sprint.  I mean, I'm not a competitive person, but I still feel like a loser.  And I'm not a really much of a racer - I don't like biking fast, it holds no appeal for me.  And to get better at tri's people seem to spend at least 40-50% of their time on the bike.  I dunno.  I feel like I've already invested a lot time and moneywise into the endeavour.  Also, I'm afraid that if I don't have races on the schedule that I won't keep up with my exercising and become a chunky boo again.  I'd rather do tris and hate them, then end up with type II diabetes.  It's not that I don't enjoy being active/athletic, it's just really easy for me to get sidetracked without a specific deadline looming. 

I'm signed up for a race in  two weeks and I'm just not feeling it - I mean it's free and I still not feeling it.  Bah. 

I'm going to be an attention wh0re here for one post...

Do you guy's like my new avatar???  Or should I go back to the shark?

I'm going to be an attention wh0re here for one post...

Do you guy's like my new avatar??? Or should I go back to the shark?

Yeah.  In reality it is a tweener.  The long course was between an Oly and a HIM.

Oh yeah, my RR is up too.

HARDWARE ALERT!

Hmm.  I'm not sure the most coherent way to express what I'm feeling.  Basically I always thought it would be fun to do a triathlon so I did one.  It was pretty fun, but yeah it kind of sucked through the actual race.  However I really like doing the training.  Now that I've done a couple, just doing the training, I don't know it's not the same.  I'm not that fast, and I'm not really a competitive person, but I don't know why I spend so much time at tri's if I'm going to be DFL in my age group. I mean I know people that won't train for months and can still smoke me by over twenty minutes in a sprint.  I mean, I'm not a competitive person, but I still feel like a loser.  And I'm not a really much of a racer - I don't like biking fast, it holds no appeal for me.  And to get better at tri's people seem to spend at least 40-50% of their time on the bike.  I dunno.  I feel like I've already invested a lot time and moneywise into the endeavour.  Also, I'm afraid that if I don't have races on the schedule that I won't keep up with my exercising and become a chunky boo again.  I'd rather do tris and hate them, then end up with type II diabetes.  It's not that I don't enjoy being active/athletic, it's just really easy for me to get sidetracked without a specific deadline looming. 

I'm signed up for a race in  two weeks and I'm just not feeling it - I mean it's free and I still not feeling it.  Bah. 

What race are you doing in 2 weeks? I understand the feeling you are talking about, a bit. During my first two races I kept asking myself why I was doing this...only during the run, but still.

Trihawks.  Our club supports a number of people for certain collegiate races in the midwest.  I've signed up but, I dunno.  Meh. 

Yeah, and with the way that 'tweener went I'm going to have to agree with you on the whole "I think I'm going to stick to sprints for a while" concept. And that extra ~2 miles of running may have been the death of me.

Heh.  Wouldn't have anything to do with that wonderful swim, now, would it? 

What about just focusing on running? Or the rare beast of the swim/run event? Running is good because you don't HAVE to be fast. You just go out and do it - there's a lot less pressure when you run in a road event with several thousand people - I don't even look at where I place. Just my overall time, for my own knowledge.

 I think it is all about perspective. I am not fast either (for my age group and sex). I am always right smack dab in the middle of the field. No matter the race... but I am not there for everyone else. I am there for me. I am there to beat my own personal bests if I can... I am there to test my metal. I am there to race myself against the clock. I can see where you can get caught looking at the field's time. Look at it this way. The winner of my HIM raced and finished... over 2 hours and 68 other people later I crossed the line... that is bad. But, I did it... I raced it. I trained for 7 months to race it. I did it. You know you best. Love training... then train... but if you think that you need a goal in order to train... I think you will just need to find a goal and that might mean racing.

OMG.. I missed your 2k halmark.. How did that happen??? CONGRATS!!!!!!

Btw.. The silver star is my favorite of all the stars.. my second is the blue star

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