{"id":2685,"date":"2011-08-23T23:42:54","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T23:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=2685"},"modified":"2011-08-23T23:42:54","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T23:42:54","slug":"year-of-the-triathlete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/23\/year-of-the-triathlete\/","title":{"rendered":"Year of the Triathlete"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook now has the feature of reminding people of their past with the “this day in 20xx” feature.\u00a0 Besides a firm reminder that I pretty much only post about amazing food and working out and races, it also reminded me that yesterday, a year ago, August 22nd, I completed Sweet and Twisted and became a triathlete!<\/p>\n

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…holy crap, it feels like forever ago.\u00a0 However, I have very vivid memories of that morning in question.<\/p>\n

I was practically knock knee terrified for the swim.\u00a0 I had open water swam TWICE, the first of which was accompanied by a bit of a freak out.\u00a0 I didn’t have freestyle down yet, so I was planning to do the best I could, but lean on breast stroke a lot.\u00a0 I took as long for that as I do now for about 2.5 times that length, but I was WAY spent afterwards.<\/p>\n

I still had my big ass heavy department store Schwinn.\u00a0 It took me over 1 hour to ride those 12 miles and I even got heckled by a volunteer who told me that maybe I should get a heavier bike.\u00a0 This was the first time that I would ever have fathomed I wanted to spend more than 200 bucks on a bike, but it was apparent that I was going to need it if I wanted to continue.\u00a0 I remember thinking the course was hilly, but I’m pretty sure I’d eat it for breakfast now.<\/p>\n

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I remember finding out the special hell that was running outside in the late morning heat during August.\u00a0 I mean, they were nice enough to hand out cold towels throughout the course, but still – it was HOT (and definitely influenced my decision to take July-Sept off this year, I’d rather race Apr-Jun and again in Oct when the temps are below 105 highs).\u00a0 Also, I was rolling sans garmin, so I was super excited to see the finish line… and then we curved away from it (I mean, I could almost touch the fucker, it was so unfair).\u00a0 That last mile was the longest of my LIFE but I made it through the finish line and was just giddy with joy that I was a TRIATHLETE.<\/p>\n

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Besides major nerves about the open water swim, I was pretty confident – my ultimate goal last year was an Olympic (which I did in October), and I was already training longer distances, but it felt great to put it together in a race.<\/p>\n

Then I went home and drank too much champagne.\u00a0 I believe this was the race that started that tradition…<\/p>\n

In the last year since then I’ve:<\/p>\n

-Purchased a new bike.\u00a0 A week before my next race.\u00a0 It worked out because I went from utter crap to a decent entry level road bike, but don’t be me.\u00a0 It could have been bad.<\/p>\n

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-Raced an Olympic.\u00a0 Holy exhausting race, batman!\u00a0 I got a 3rd place in the Athena division (out of 3, heh).\u00a0 I definitely want to do more but I just don’t have the time commitment right now.\u00a0 I’m actually training those distances+ right now, but not as much volume or brick work as I would if I was signed up.\u00a0 I’ve been continually tempted to just jump into an Oly race one weekend and see how I do, but I’m trying to be a good girl and not do a billion races this summer as I’m looking into a decent amount once the weather turns more to running season.<\/p>\n

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-Improved my swimming and biking skills like crazy.\u00a0 My average chillville pace on a 35 miler is 2.5 mph more than I was racing last year.\u00a0 I’ve neglected my swim a bit lately, but I can still jump in and knock out a mile in about 35 mins.<\/p>\n

-Racked up another 2 Sprints this year, and signed up for a 3rd. – all with my Zliten!!! He has become my triathlete partner in crime and I love it!<\/p>\n

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-Entertained some 70.3 and Ironman dreams in the future<\/p>\n

And I simply can’t believe it’s only been a year.\u00a0 In the next year, who knows what titles I can add to my racing repetoire… marathoner?\u00a0 century bike race finisher? half-IM finisher?\u00a0 Age group podium winner (in what, I care not…)? Who knows?<\/p>\n

It’s a great reminder to just embark and see what happens.\u00a0 Two years ago, the idea of a triathlon scared the bejezus out of me.\u00a0 Biking?\u00a0 Haven’t done that since I was 14.\u00a0 Swimming in open water?\u00a0 Haven’t done that since high school.\u00a0 Who could do all that together?\u00a0 Apparently me.\u00a0 And I’m hooked.\u00a0 And I love it.\u00a0 And I can’t imagine life without triathlon.<\/p>\n

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go home and force myself to rest this evening, as apparently 10 miles ran with a fast 5k at the end isn’t enough to keep me down lately (I wanna swim, wahhhhh).\u00a0 What have you embarked upon recently and now can’t imagine life without?<\/p>\n

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