Hey there all you racers in internet land (especially Lindsey & Melin)!
Well, I'm finally taking the time to blog my training. Everything is going awesome. I have a triathlon in exactly 1 week and there is going to be some pretty stiff competition, so I am MOTIVATED!! Not only is the race motivating me, but the Olympic Trials are making me wish I was a world-class athlete in real life (not just in my head :-) ). Every time I get in the pool to swim, I feel like I'm Katie Hoff swimming to make another world record, except my times just happen to be in a type of slow-motion time zone on a different planet earth. Either way, i feel strong and good in the water and I'm excited about swimming the race on Sunday.
Biking is also a blast. Melinda and I went on quite an adventure the other day, where we learned not to ride down Slaughter Lane during morning rush hour traffic. We also learned how to change a flat tire, thanks to my tire giving out and Brent kindly rescuing us. Biking is still really hard, but I'm getting better at mentally wrapping my mind around the pain and still working through it.
Today I ran the farthest I've every run...8 miles. It was awesome. I ran on the treadmill at the gym, since the gym has a babysitter, and I really got into it and the music I was listening to. I felt like I could have kept on running, but since my children were in the gym daycare and it was getting to be lunch/nap time, I stopped. Also, during the last mile, my foot developed this sharp pain at the ball of it, so I thought it was a good stopping point anyways. I only have to run a 5K in the race this weekend, but it would be nice to be able to NOT get passed during the last mile and it would be nice to NOT have to go to the nurses station because I'm about to pass out at the end of the race! That's what happened to me at the Danskin - I got passed by 2 people from my age group during the very last mile. The run is definitely my week point, but I hope all the sprint work and brick workouts that I have put in in the last 4 weeks will pay off this next weekend. We'll see! :-)
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Glad to read your blog Sarah! I am so proud of you with all your training your putting it and I cant wait to see you at the race on Sunday "attack" those other competitors. Do you know your start time? Do you have anymore sprint training this week? Maybe me, you and Lindsey can all train together.
Go Lear Attack!
I'm so stoked about your run. I know how awesome it feels to push it to that next level for the first time. It's just doing it once to know what it feels like, after that you know you can do it. Stay fierce, Learjet
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