No Pain No Gain.... who said this?

The run last night was not near as bad as it could have been, the rain seemed to subside for the hour! We did a 10 minute warm up and then ran to a hill and had to run up it three times. We all know running is not my strength and pretty much hate it but being last SUCKS!!! I'm in decent shape but I'm always last on the running stuff. I really need to work on this and get more runs into speed up my pace....

After the hills we did a cool down then some lunges and core exercises. I thought for sure the lunges would kill me since I did weights yesterday morning but actually, it wasn't bad.

After practice a few of us went out for drinks and food, it was fun but then back home and straight to bed.

I got up at 5:45am to pick Katie up at 6am to hit the gym. Yes, I'm basically working out every 12 hours! Workout was good but it was difficult to muster all of the energy I needed to get a solid workout done. My entire body is sore from weights and can only imagine what day two will feel like tomorrow... not to mention we do weights again. Is this what it feels like to be on the Biggest Loser? So painfull.....

The beginning....

I ran a half marathon a few years ago and well.... I finished but it was a fairly miserable experience. In an effort to get in better shape I wanted to participate in something. I had thought about a triathlon a few years ago when worked with someone who was pretty hardcore into it. That faded....

A couple months ago I had lunch with Tom Goos regarding business and we started talking workouts, etc... turns out he is a mentor for the Lava Man, Team in Training Triathlon! I went to the orientation meeting and signed up!

I'm proud to say I'm part of an awesome team that supports one an other which helps keep me motivated to work hard.... it also helps that I'm competitive and don't like to lose :-)

I have officially completed the first week of training which included a coached swim, run and bike plus worked out on my own. Stay tuned for updates on my training

ps I have never blogged before so feel free to provide feedback

If you would like to donate please visit my site http://pages.teamintraining.org/wa/lavatri10/tdawsonzij

Tina