Triathlon Blog

OK - so I have no experience with blogs but I will try my hand with writing one about my Triathlon journey. There have been times in my life when I did things that others thought I could not do, such as graduating from college, completing a Marathon, hiking to the top of Mt Washington and Mt Marcy and taking on leadership positions at work. I can honestly say that I have no illusions that I did any of those things on my own.

I completed the NY Marathon over 11 years ago in honor of my then 10 year old daughter, Katherine. The thought of her kept me going and the faith of my sister Isaaca and the total faith and support of Eric was what gave me the confidence and desire to train and not let them down. It was also a dream of mine. I saw a TV movie when I was in college of a woman who wanted to complete a marathon and it showed her falling and practically crawling to the finish line and I thought that was one of the bravest things I had seen and I wanted to do that too. So over 27 years later, I completed that goal and I didn't crawl over the finish line but instead had one of the most incredible experiences of my life.

I don't have the body of a runner and I don't have a natural talent for running. But I do have the spirit of an athlete. I have to develop the discipline and perspective of an athlete -- only one thing comes "easy" for me and that is the desire to always keep going and to never give up.

So, since running is hard for me. I figured I would throw in swimming because swimming is an even bigger challenge for me. Unlike my mom and my children, I am not a water baby and I never really had a lot of fun being in the ocean or being in a pool. But it was probably because I felt self conscious and never really gained the confidence of being in the water. I read in "Deep Survival" about the energy that surfers feel as they flow through the wave and I believe it is true and I would like to feel that too.

My journey continues to become physically fit for the rest of my life because my life is to be given and shared with my family - with Eric, our children and their future children. Katherine wants to do a Triathlon with me and so I have put the following things into place:
1) I've been researching what it takes to prepare for, train and finish a triathlon
2) I've made goals to become more physically active each day and I have been walking, running and doing Yoga almost every day
3) I am making arrangements with a personal trainer who has triathlon experience
4) I'm writing blogs to let the world know - this will be my record to share with my family, especially with Ben, Katherine, Jon and Alyson who are far away.

So enough for now - tomorrow morning is Yoga (I love yoga - I like the breathing slowly and moving slowly - just like a reptile)

Love always, Mom