Jo's Triathlon Journal

Well I did it...and LOVED it! I completed my 1st Triathlon in less than 2 hours like I had hoped. I felt good on the swim although I didn't go the whole swim freestyle and had to throw in some breast stroke through the first 1/2 of the swim trying to get acclimated to the water temperature. It was so cold putting my face into the water that it just took your breath away. But after I made it to the 2nd buoy, I was able to get some freestyle into the latter 1/2 of my swim.

I felt great on the bik… Continue

Well, considering I've only learned how to swim a total of 8 months, I feel pretty great in the pool. This last week I've swam 4 days, and of those 4 days, 3 of them I could feel a huge difference in my technique. I'm more relaxed, I can hold my breathe longer and learned how to efficiently glide in the water, take less strokes, plus manage keep my feet afloat without too much kick. I'm just amazed the difference I feel in the water considering the swim is my biggest fear. Instead of having that… Continue

Well, I haven't had a lot of time to sit and type any entries in my Blog Post, so I'll sum it all up over the past few weeks.

I've been taking Strength Training classes about twice per week...another name for those classes is Kick My A** class in my opinion. After all those squats and lunges, it's a miracle I have the ability to walk the next day!

I've been taking it easy with my run routine so I don't injure my knee. On occasion, if I push too hard, I can feel some aggravation coming on, so I… Continue

Well, after my older kids were off to school, I loaded up my 2 and 4 year old boys, got my gym bag together and headed off for a 20 minute drive to the gym (one way), dropped my 2 year old in child care, had to drop off my 4 year old in another group in child care, got dressed for the pool and started my workout.

After getting in about 400 m into my workout, feeling awesome with 10 second rests in between sets, I see one of the childcare workers pop her head in the door and I immediately knew s… Continue

Jumped on the bike trainer for 35 minutes and discovered I was still sore from the spin class the other night. No so much my legs, but my sore butt from that terrible bike seat from the spin bike. I toughed it out though and did the whole 35 minutes at an easy steady pace. Managed to break a good sweat so I know I was doing something right. lol Didn't get in my run like I had hoped since we were having some nasty wet weather. I'm hoping to make it up tomorrow.