Time to Face Facts....

Being a natural athelte in good shape is miles away from being a triathlete.  This is a WHOLE other world.  And in this world, I am SLOW.  Wow.

I am a lifelong athelte who has always considered herself fit.  I work and socialize with mostly sedentary people, so to them I am super fit.  Sports come naturally to me.  I was a personal trainer in grad school.  20+ years of martial arts, weight training, various cardio acitivities, tennis, biking, serious swimming as a youth.  I thought moving into triathlons would be a great challenge, but that I'd adapt quickly.  It never occured to me I'd have to worry about getting across the finish line in my first race - I was actually thinking I could be MOP.

Boy, was I wrong!!

I've been training for about 8 weeks now, granted with a serious bike crash and a vacation thrown in, and I am slow, slow, slow.  This is HARD!  Hard to get all the training in, hard to get the workouts finished, hard to balance nutrition, hard to improve.  I realize patience is required and how!  It is humbling in the extreme, which is probably a great thing in and of itself.  Even for a seriously fit person, starting a tri regime is one of the toughest things I've done physically.

All this is to say - my hat is off to all of you.  I have enormous respect for everyone who does this or is taking this on.   And also to say thanks for the great information and advice on this board.  What a wonderful resource!

Sarah

Edited by slkirsch 2009-07-07 2:08 PM