Step Away From the Cake

First, the fun stuff. Last night was packet pick-up for the Tinman (do not ask me why it was on a Wednesday night, it makes no sense to me). Anyway, most races here they don't give swag, you get a t-shirt and you'll be happy about it. So this is what we got: There is of course the obligatory t-shirt, who can't use another water bottle, and a race belt. I'm very excited about the race belt since I didn't have one and seemed to keep forgetting to pick one up. It's one of those things I would think about as I was getting ready for a race and then promptly forget it after the race was over, so I'm stoked. There will also be finisher's shirts and medals - woohoo!!!! In reading the race rules last night I got a little freaked out though. The start is in waves and I'm in the 2nd wave. That's good in that I don't have to wait long. That's bad cause there's 3 waves behind us. The swim being the hardest part (mentally) for me, I've begun so

I've been doing a lot of deep thinking and soul searching lately. I've been working on my inner dialogue and trying to work out what is really important to me, what I really, really want. It's not been easy and it's not been perfect but I think I have a handle on it. I want: To finally lose these last 25 lbs and reach my desired goal weight. To be able to "race" and not just participate in tris. It would be nice if I could place in my age group once in a while. These are what I really, really want as far as my health and fitness go. It's that simple, and it's that hard. So, mulling these around in my head for a few days I think I've come up with a plan that will take me where I want to go. Over the last couple of months I've gotten into the habit of training and eating right , so I think I'm ready to take it to the next level. Weight Loss: I know how to do this. I know what to eat, when to eat, and how much to eat. For the past few weeks I&

It's overcast and rainy this morning and is making me feel blah.......... Had a good weekend though. Saturday I biked to WW and then ran 6 miles. Okay, huge nutritional mistake. I did not drink much water Friday and ate no breakfast on Saturday. About 4 miles into my run I totally bonked. I ended up walking the remaining miles. It was nice though. I was in downtown Kailua when I bonked so I had lots of little shops to look at as I walked. I got back showered, and proceeded to fall asleep till hubby was ready to go to lunch. By then I was starving. Sunday I got up and drove to Ala Moana to swim. I did 1000m in 27:24. Actually, since I've lost all ability to sight in open water, I think I went about 1200m. I could not swim a straight line to save my soul yesterday. I was also supposed to ride the Tinman bike course but it was really windy and I totally wimped out. Oh well, next week. This morning I got up and went swimming even though the weather made me want to stay in bed. My I