Getting Focused

Well finally, I am sitting down to post something, as it has been a few weeks!  Training has been going great the last few weeks and I have signed up for the City of Lenoir Sprint Triathlon on September 3rd.  I am also signing up for the Bethel Community Half Marathon in October.  With that said, I have really have been focused with training and its feeling great.  I have been doing well with getting in at least 20 minutes of yoga in each day and I can already tell a difference!  This just totally reminded me of how important and amazing that yoga is!  Just allowing your body to open up, being able to shift energy into areas that typically get closed off, and to be able to focus on the present with an open mind and heart............ so healing!!!!!!

Anyway last week my swims were great!  I swam a total of 3,250 yards and felt incredibly strong in the water. I am really excited to see how I compare with the other age-groupers in my upcoming race.  I have also been slowly increasing my running miles.  Last week I got in around 15 miles and hope to get up to around 20-25 by the end of the month.  As far as the bike goes, I have been flat out hammering it.  Yesterday I climbed up to the Blue Ridge Parkway, which is around 3,600 feet.  It was a 25 mile trip and as intense as it gts here on the East Coast in terms of climbing.  It felt great and I dropped a guy that I caught up to (not to mention he had a fancy 2,000 dollar Cannondale).  This ride was by far one of the toughest rides I have made given how hard I hammered it up the mountain.  My goal is to do this ride once a week.  Round trip, it took about 1 and 1/2 hours to complete.  So my bike total for the week was around 60 miles.  Living in the mountains of NC, these are hard hilly, mountainous miles so don't let the numbers fool you :) These are tough workouts regardless of the length.  Lastly, I did 3 weight training workouts this week and have really decreased the leg workouts to lightre higher rep sessions, given my upcoming races.

So that's whats been going on here with me.  I am finishing up my reading of the Traithlon Training Bible and just enjoying life with my family.  My motivation remains high and I hope that anyone reading this will find the inner motivation to go out and do something amazing.  Whether that's walking a mile or completing the Ironman, go out and challenge yourself.  By doing so I promise YOU will become a motivation to those around you!  Fear of failure so often prevents us from achieving what we are truly capable of....so go out and kick fear's ass!!!!!!!

Peace, love and happy training!!!! (Don't forget to add yoga to your training!!!)