Disneyland Danskin Triathlon

I finished my first race of the season! We were all finished with race stuff by 8:30AM, and after a quick shower to wash off the lagoon slime, we headed to have some dim-sum as our reward. For more details on the race, see my training blog.

Run #5

Today's run was especially difficult because we did our run right after I came home from a particularly intense pilates session. Also, it is around 75 degrees outside, and I have a really hard time running in anything above 65. I know my fellow runners in Phoenix and Sacramento are rolling their eyes right now :), I am lucky to run in a place where it is usually not that hot.

I am really excited about my new triathlon training group. The kick-off party on Thursday night was mostly just an introduction of the various teams to join. They have a track team, a half-marathon training group and a sprint triathlon training group; I joined the long course triathlon group. There was also a guest speaker, the inventor of FRS sports drink who gave a really interesting talk. I really need to start up my biking and swimming training now. I am a little freaked out about starting to train for an ocean triathlon after the report of the shark attack of a triathlete in San Diego yesterday, but I know the chances of it happening here are probably very small. Wish me luck!

Run #4

Okay, so we fell off the wagon. And unfortunately I don't think we are going to make our 3 runs this week, but we are definitely going to do two. In case you are wondering, I decided we should only do 2 miles each run for two weeks because I want to work back into it slowly. Van can run much, much farther than 2 miles. I'm not sure I can. I hope to do a 3 miler this weekend, but we'll see.
At the urging of my friend Lu, I signed up for a triathlon training program. I plan to do one, and maybe two triathlons this summer. Tomorrow evening is the kick-off party for the training program, so I am looking forward to that. I don't think we actually start training as a group until June though. My first triathlon of the year will be the Seattle Danskin Triathlon. The second one that I am only considering is the Carpinteria Triathlon, which is quite a bit longer than the first one (I am thinking about doing the Olympic distance). I am hoping Lu and the training program can keep me focused and training hard so then I can feel confident enough to sign up for the second one.

Run #3

Run #2

As promised........

First Run of the Season

After months of winter hibernation (storing body fat), we're finally ready to start the running season. Our first scheduled race, the Santa Barbara State Street Mile, is only 7 weeks away. The SBSSM is the perfect first race. It's only 1 mile long, it's slightly downhill, and there's no pressure to perform (since we always enter the "family/dog" division).

We're making a promise to our 3 regular readers to run at least 3 times per week. So that you can keep us accountable, we'll post screenshots from our Garmin GPS watch.