Technology is Awesome!

Can I just say I think it is amazing how far technology has come and how fast we are getting more and more things available all the time.  Even a couple years ago a GPS cost a couple hundred bucks.  Now on my phone, I found a free app that I love!  It's a GPS that has specific kinds of sports, it tracks your route, your time, and calculates your average speed.  It's called AllSport GPS for any of you interested :D  And it will become my new best friend as I train!

Rain, Rain, & Rain

We have had more rain in the last two weeks than I remember EVER in May.  So there was a small break in the clouds and we hopped on the bike.  Too bad that at a mile out it started pouring on us again. Luckily J-bug & S-man were nice and dry in their trailer . . . it was just mom getting soaked!

 Me, not so happy getting rained out of my ride . . . 

Here's the culprit cloud :)

Total workout today:

Bike: 28 min; 3.1 miles

Yesterday's workout:

Run: 17 min; 1.38 miles

The Goal? LOL

I'll keep dreaming . . . after two kids, there are just some things that don't change :)

New Goal

One thing that has always been on my bucket list is to complete a triathlon.  So this is it!  The time is now!  I have decided to train and enter the Yuba, September 10, Triathlon Sprint!

What made me decide to attempt this crazy thing it that I have gone through a big phase of different workouts.  Basically I'm really unhappy with the shape I'm in and how I look, and my work-out regime never sticks.  I get really bored with the same thing over and over.  I used to run track in high school.  I was never amazing, but I had fun.  Then out of the blue last night I decided to go running, (well a slow jog is much more like it).  And it about killed me, but I actually enjoyed it.  And I started thinking (scary idea I know).  Now just running as a work out would never stick with me; it would be the same old story just like Jillian Michael's 30-day-shred.  It lasts about 10-15 days and then I get busy or bored.  But a Triathlon. . . . Running, Biking, & Swimming.  Mix it up everyday, get in shape, and compete!

I started doing some research and found this amazing website: BeginnerTriathlete.com it has free training schedules for whatever you are looking for.

So this is it.  I have picked my training schedule.  This blog will be a journal of sorts to document my training and keep me motivated.

I am a high school math teacher and this is the last week of school, so I am starting just a few work outs of my own.  Right after school gets out I am heading to Florida on vacation, but the day I get back, serious training begins!  So June 9 better watch out, because this girl is ready to kick some serious triathlon butt!