I read an article a little while ago from Lava Magazine called "The Self Coaching Conundrum". In the article it talks about what motivates you as an athlete and asks the question "Do I need others to be aware of what I’m doing to in order to do my best?" If you answered yes to this question, it recommended you either join a training group or share your experiences through a blog....so here I am.
I have run 2 full marathons, countless half marathons and a couple of 10ks. I run, but I wanted to try something new. I did my first try-a-tri without really training in July 2009 and really enjoyed it, but never trained properly afterwards to do any longer races. My husband told me when he turned 30 he has a 30s bucket list that includes a marathon and an Ironman, so we knew in the next 10 years this had to happen, but after learning that Tremblant was hosting a 70.3 event, we decided to take the plunge together.
Many might question why we would skip from try-a-tri to such a long distance and here’s the thing, both Ian (my husband) and I are a bit lazy when it comes to training, if we know we can do an event without training, we don’t really get our butts out the door. The concept of “training will help you do well” doesn’t really get us moving off the couch at the end of a workday. We need that fear of failure to motivate us, and just like running a full marathon, completing an Ironman 70.3 triathlon takes hard work just to survive.
I plan for this blog to be a spot where I discuss how our training is going, our quests to find a nutrition plan that works for us and generally how we fit our training in with our everyday lives. Running is easy, you can do it anywhere anytime but going to the pool and biking both require some pre planning so let’s see how that goes.
