Well, the run last night went well, minus a breath-stealing side stitch a mile in, but after taking a 2 minute walk break was able to finish strong. Got the treadmill to 7mph - for those non-penguins I know that seems slow, but for me that is my goal a 21 minute 5k. I have a lot of work to do to make that happen - these two weeks of inactivity have taken their toll on my cardio performance.
I'm excited for the pool tonight. The weather is amazing. We are supposed to bring our wetsuit, but I think I might sweat to death in the thing - the pool water is 80 degrees. Nothing like the open water swimming temp. We'll see. I like the coach Ruthy. Her triathlon story is amazing. I know you want your coach to be amazing, but it can be intimidating. Another newbie coach, Paul talks about how he is excited that he can get the treadmill at his gym up to 12mph... That's a 5 minute mile...who are these people? And why do they want to hang out with the novices. I think they must think we are pathetic. But maybe that's my own insecurities talking.
Thinking about wetsuits. I used this trislide silicon stuff when I did an aquathon in May. The stuff is a miracle. I scuba dive and surf and have never removed a wetsuit so quickly and gracefully in my life. Didn't seem to make getting into the suit any more graceful - that was still a chore. I purchased my wetsuit from Xterra . They are a local San Diego company and they were very helpful. I purchased a sleeveless model because I wanted to have good shoulder mobility. It was pretty cold during the Aquathon in May, but think that it won't be bad for the Tri in July - worst case I can break out my surf wetsuit and swim.
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