I'm at one of those times when I think I have too much going on in my life, but I forget how blessed I am to have the time and resources to do the things that I can do.
This weekend was the Pawling triathlon, which I ran last year for the first time, and I ran this time with virtually no training. I literally rode my bike once in the past three months, and got in the pool to swim a 1/2 mile once last week. I went in with low expectations, and wasn't disappointed. The night before the race, thunderstorms rolled through town, and the rain came and went in the hours before the race. We started with dry skies, but the rain started as soon as I was done with the swim leg. During the entire bike leg, it rained, and it rained HARD. By the time I was done with the bike, any time target was out of my mind, and I was just there to enjoy the race. The run went well (it's on my twice-weekly course) but I finished one minute longer than last year, at 1:30:41.
I don't much care about that, and I can blame it on my transitions, which cost me an extra two minutes this year. I decided to change my socks and shoes during the 2nd transition (bike to run) given how wet my shoes were, and that extended my T2 time. I really had a good time, and enjoyed seeing lots of spectators that I knew - there's not much like a hometown race.
I went right from there to a Cub Scout trip to the USS Massachusetts, where half my pack stayed overnight on board a battleship museum. The boys all seemed to have a good time, but I think the adults all wished for a bit more sleep. This is the first of four campouts in five weeks with Tim, , and it made for a decent start; let's hope the rest of these go as well when we are out of doors
On other fronts, my weight loss program isn't going great. With Kristen away for two weeks, and some busy work scheduled, I haven't gotten into my P90X as much as I wanted to. That said, those are excuses; I need to get my butt in gear and get myself down to my target weight (or at least start making some decent progress).
It's time for me to start setting my rules, and my pace.
