Pretty proud, though some of you will chuckle...don't care

Good job man!!! It's a great feeling not only to hit a milestone, but knowing you did it while not killing all the family time. It makes it that much sweeter! Keep up the good work. and BTW: that's a nice pace you had going there.

Awesome stuff! Way to keep your family #1 while being consistent. Being able to do yard work, projects, etc. after workouts is huge too.

Edited by d.wilk 2015-04-27 5:59 PM

I think your entire post sounds awesome and inspiring.

I'm in my 30s, I've always been thin and I can't run like you do. I'm training for a sprint tri in June, a half marathon in August and an Olympic tri in September and I'd be elated if in any 1 of those races I averaged better than a 9:30 pace.

I feel ya on the family thing. It's so hard to balance. I was doing some runs during my son's soccer practices (there is a track adjacent to his soccer field) but then I felt like a piece of crap mom for not watching and engaging like all the other moms and dads. I tried to tell myself "maybe they're envious of me since I'm working out and they're not" but in the end it didn't really matter what they thought because I realized I just didn't want to miss it....his life, his childhood, our life....even mundane things like soccer practice.

soooo....I'm back to 5:00 am workouts. GAWD it is so hard when my alarm goes off at 4:40....but then as soon as I'm 10 minutes into my planned workout I'm already so proud of myself....and that feeling sticks with me throughout my day. I think I even have better job performance on days I workout.

It's amazing how I can work 10 or 11 hours...drive home and be exhausted. plant myself in front of the couch and beg my husband to bring me dinner. OR I can work 10 or 11 hours; ride my bike home and then be energized, doing laundry helping with homework, cooking dinner etc. Such a huge difference. Endorphins are amazing.

I think many of us take up triathlons with the idea that the "reward" is the finish line, the accomplishment, the bragging rights. But the real reward, the secret reward is actually the training and the way it transforms our lives.

Edited by themissj1981 2015-04-28 12:27 AM

I wouldn't chuckle. I wish I could run that fast for 9 mi. That is about my 10k pace. Out of curiosity, what is your HIM? I am doing Musselman in July as my first race of that distance.

Very nice run!! It is a good feeling when things start to come together. I'm there myself, and it's motivating. Keep it up!

not chuckling at all, I wish I could do that.

and even if you were proud of achieving a 5k at a pace of 13 minute/mile, nobody can take that away from you. we are only competing amongst ourselves!


well done!

Congrats, nothing to chuckle about at all, that's great work.  Keep it up!

Edited by dmiller5 2015-04-28 11:29 AM

I agree, you are killing it... you are going about things great keeping the family 1st.

Don't forget to ask the boss - what can I do for you?...and be sure to give some extra loving along the way...

Good luck

pb

I'm signed up for Muncie. I figure if I'm going to do a 70.3, I'm gonna do a branded one. It's close. And Indiana is flat.

Run's coming together. Swim HAS to be improving. Been in the pool 3 times a week for three months now. And at least once a week for the few previous months. Even pulling off flip turns at an alarmingly consistent rate. Hard to really tell though as I don't spend a lot of time looking at the clock beyond "welp, that took X minutes". I don't have anything other than faith that effort is paying off.

It's actually going so well, I'd considered cutting back some of the running mileage on the training plan I'm doing. It matches up pretty well with the beginner one from BT, but what's a "beginner"? I mean, everyone's different with different expectations. My plan all along for a HIM was to only run 7-8 miles, walk some, trot some....and finish. While I'm not ruling that out, I think I can definitely do better.

I've only missed one partial workout, a longish swim before that run....now 6 weeks in. I was pretty stressed about it, worried I'd miss another one due to weather and other interferences. I think now I'm not going to stress so much. I'll leave the mileage where it is, and not feel bad if I have to cut one in half, or switch out a shorter day for a longer day here and there.

It does help when you own your own business and you can simply come in 'late' or take off early. To me, anything prior to 5:00 AM is still waking up in the middle of the night. 6:30 is easily doable and gets me at work at a reasonable time. I did the 4:00 AM, 5:00 AM thing for years. It's one of the reasons I got out of the radio business. The hours were horrible and the pay was worse.

No chuckling. Every victory is a victory. Full stop.