The Lazy Triathlete

Probably the world's laziest triathlete. Trying desperately to become more motivated.

Feb 29

On the road again

by Becka

It’s still February, right?

Well, last Sunday I was in the saddle & on the road again. And I know it’s been a mild winter, but it’s still pretty freakin’ cold out there. Not to mention it was windy & early in the morning. And on top of all that, I was going an average 17 mph – even more breeze to contend with!

So why was I doing this to myself? A really great reason actually. It was my first training session with my Team in Training teammates. Not a long ride, just 20 miles with some rolling hills, but it was a great first practice. It was nice to meet the other members of the team & hit the road with them.

The real challenge that I’m facing is that JJ is also planning on doing AMBBR, but not with TNT, which means he can’t go to their practices (at least not all of them). And while I like riding with the Team & it’s great to have the support, I also want to train with my husband. I guess I’ll have to wait & see how that all plays out.

Overall, it was a great first practice & while cold, it still felt awesome & I couldn’t be more excited to be doing another TEAM event.

95 days until AMBBR!

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Oct 23

Ride, baby, ride!

by Becka

(Back after a hiatus to finish the story!)

I cross the “Mount” line, and surprisingly (to me, at least), have little trouble getting on & clipped in to my bike. My legs were wobbly from nerves, but I definitely felt more at ease being on the bike.

And then I start to pay attention to the task at hand – starting with getting up this huge hill at the beginning of the bike course. It wasn’t incredibly steep, but it was long. And silly me, I was so focused on reaching the top that it didn’t even occur to me to drop to an easier gear. Ouch!

After that first hill, I got my ‘biker brain’ back & finally felt at home on the bike. The only difference being that I had never ‘raced’ before, only rode pleasantly with others. So I found the competitor in me & rode my heart out. I passed people, people passed me. I think the one thing that held me back slightly was the fact that the roads were still wet from the night before & I was riding cautiously. Looking back on it, I wish I had been a bit more daring…but I did cross the finish line in one piece, so there’s that.

The time on the bike flew by. I tried to remember to hydrate a lot, but only drank about a third of my PowerAde. And once again, completely forgot to use my inhaler. Nice work Becka.

Final bike split: 43 minutes, 16 seconds (boo)

Rank of that time with entire field: 299

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Sep 10

Testing the Gear

by Becka

I had swum in my Orca trisuit, but I figured it needed a test run on the bike and run too. Don’t want any surprised on race day. So for my workout last night, I did a short bike ride (5M), followed by a short run (1M) on the track.

I must say, I’m feeling pretty good about the results. While the lining on the trisuit is less than normal bike shorts, I think it will suffice for the short ride. I was worried about the trisuit having enough sports-bra support, but I felt fine during the mile that I ran, so I won’t be wearing a second sports bra underneath the whole get up.

And guess what I got after my run…

More bloody toe action!

More bloody toe action!

I did do some toe/toenail maintenance in hopes of resolving this issue. Any cool factor/status that I gained when this first started happening has now been lost on me, and I really just don’t want it to happen on Sunday.

3 days!

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Sep 2

Progress!

by Becka

Last night I decided to try a real brick workout. I biked the length of the course & then went to the track (not treadmill!) at my gym to see how it felt to run – if I even could run. And surprise of all surprises — I ran a mile, non-stop, with no trouble at all. I sort of couldn’t believe it. Last time I ran on the track, I don’t think I made it even a half-mile. I am feeling pretty optimistic about my running skills.

11 days.

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