It feels like it has been years since my last blog post! I started this blog to show that women can work full-time jobs, be good mothers, and compete in endurance events. What I found is that all of these things are possible, but really difficult to do while also keeping up with social media!
My current schedule include waking up around 4:30-swimming, biking, or running until about 6:15, getting ready for work, sitting in traffic for an hour on my way to work, working all day, sitting in traffic for another hour on my way home, helping to get my kids in bed, and falling asleep exhausted to do it all again the next day.
All of this work does pay off. I ran the Green Bay Marathon in May, 2014 and came away with a PR of 3:57:48. My previous marathon time had been just over 4:12, so this was a major success for me!
Today I competed in an olympic distance triathlon, my first one since 2008. The morning was extremely foggy and the swim was cut to sprint distance for all competitors so saftey crews could keep a better watch on swimmers. It was my first OWS in a wetsuit and I’m still trying to decide how I felt about it. On the plus side the wetsuit kept me warm, protected from the lake water (yucky stuff), and buoyant. On the down side, it restricted the motion of my arms, and was a little heavy to drag. I will need to continue to practice my pools swims with extra drag suits. The bike went much better than I expected, and the run was fantastic. It helped to be so well trained from doing the marathon.
My times:
Swim: 14:51 (cut to a sprint swim by race directors)
T1: 5:21
Bike: 1:18:38
T2: 3:58
Run: 54:42
Total time: 2:37:28
Not the best times in the world but at least I have a new reference point for my next race.
My next event will be Steelhead 70.3 in Michigan in August and I am ending this training season with the Twin Cities Marathon in October.
Im currently swimming 2 days a week for about 2,200-2,400 yards, biking 1-2 hours 2-4 days per week, and running 5 miles two days a week. Getting prepared to ramp up my mileage in weeks to come before Steelhead!
I also think that it wouldn’t be right to publish this post without giving a huge amount of credit to my husband putting up with all the time, money, and energy that goes into training for these events. And for taking great care of our children while I’m training and competing.
