{"id":545165,"date":"2010-04-27T15:06:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T19:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28943539.post-3798703233768329704"},"modified":"2010-04-27T15:07:40","modified_gmt":"2010-04-27T19:07:40","slug":"trying-a-tri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/545165","title":{"rendered":"Trying a Tri"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nI’m sure everyone can guess what I did as soon as I got home from the triathlon on Sunday…
\nYes, I looked up triathlons for me!
\nI’m sure if you remember in February when I first got my bike that I was quite excited about doing a sprint triathlon. I had planned to do one in June that my hospital puts on, but then I lost enthusiasm and got caught up in issues at work\/home\/etc. I also seriously questioned whether I could ever do one based on my fitness level. I realize this is just stupid because I need to train for this event. Obviously, I cannot just wake up and expect to be able to do this!! Plus, I’m 25, in good shape, eat healthy, so there is NO REASON that I cannot do this!!<\/p>\n

Watching St. A’s tri truly inspired me to venture out of my comfort zones and do the sprint triathlon.<\/p>\n

Currently, I am looking at these:<\/p>\n

This one is at Fort Desoto in August:<\/p>\n

Family Fitness Weekend<\/a> <\/p>\n

This one sounds awesome because it is sponsored by Trek (my bike), it is all women, and it is by Disney in September:<\/p>\n

Trek Women’s Triathlon series<\/a><\/p>\n

My sister mentioned doing them both. She thinks the first one can be like a practice–to see how it works, get comfortable, and then the second one will be better.<\/p>\n

\nAs you can see, I’m giving myself plenty of time to get used to all three events. I’m also looking into these open water swim nights from a local triathlon club. I have also e-mailed a swim coach about possible coaching.<\/p>\n

I’m not going to let anything stop me this time, not even the fear of the water or the HEAT (August\/September in Florida=HELL ON EARTH).<\/p>\n

Yesterday, I went on a (approximate) 8-9 mile bike ride. It took me 38 minutes. Baby steps, baby steps!!<\/p>\n

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I park my car at a local Target and jump on the Pinellas Trail from there, which is right in the back.
\nWhen I come back from Washington, DC in mid-May, I am going straight to the bike shop to get the clip-in shoes\/pedals. I would do it sooner, but I need the money for my vacation:)<\/p>\n

After my ride yesterday, I refueled with a big green monster, and then got to baking! I was craving blueberry muffins!<\/p>\n

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(Recipe was derived from Jenna: http:\/\/eatliverun.com\/good-stuff-all-around\/<\/a> . I used frozen berries since the organic ones were cheaper than conventional fresh)<\/p>\n

Later, we went downtown and sat on the bench for awhile.<\/p>\n

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Friendly dog who came over to say hello!<\/p>\n

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To continue with my triathlon post, today I started the Couch-to-5K program<\/a>!!
\nI successfully completed work-out 1. I wasn’t going for distance, just the time intervals that they specify in the program for work-out 1. I did 1.71 miles on the treadmill. I know this sounds like nothing, especially compared to all of the marathon runners out there, but like I said–BABY STEPS!!
\nI am not a runner. But maybe someday I will be. I am trying to be enthusiastic about running, tricking my brain\/emotions into thinking that I LOVE RUNNING, but I would much rather not be doing it, hehe. POSITIVITY!!<\/p>\n

\nHere I am before my “run,” in all my glory, bahaha.<\/p>\n

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After my “run,” I made a Cherry Chocolate Bomb Shake, and then ran some errands.<\/div>\n
Lunch was inspired by Caitlin from Healthy Tipping Point<\/a> (who rocks, by the way). The other day she made some vegetarian sloppy joes<\/a>. I made a vegan sloppy joe a few weeks ago, but those had lentils. Caitlin made hers with tempeh! Eager to try something new, I made them for lunch today with roasted broccoli, portobello mushrooms, and potatoes.<\/div>\n
I have never tried tempeh before, so I was kind of scared, but I trust Caitlin, so I went for it.<\/div>\n
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Thoughts? DELICIOUS!!!<\/div>\n
Thank you, Caitlin!!
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\nAre you training for anything right now?? <\/span><\/b>
\nAlso, any tips for triathlon training is muy appreciated.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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I’m sure everyone can guess what I did as soon as I got home from the triathlon on Sunday… Yes, I looked up triathlons for me! I’m sure if you remember in February when I first got my bike that I was quite excited about doing a sprint triathlon. I had planned to do one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1890,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-545165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1890"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}