Triathlon Soup: A Mish Mash of Stuff

• Apparently my body is still a Hawkeye. I have been running twice a day: once in the morning and once in the afternoon. In the morning the temp is usually around 85* with 80% humidity, aka Iowa weather. The afternoon temp is usually 97* with 40% humidity, aka Texas weather. I run better in the morning (and I really don’t think it has to do with other variables).
  
• I’ve been swimming twice so far, and I’ve done so in my complex’s pool. The catch: it’s a 12 yard pool. So my workouts have consisted of 90 laps and 70 laps (just continuous swimming). Certainly not ideal, but it works until I can get into the school’s pool.
  
• I still haven’t been out biking, I’m not gonna lie, I’m a little intimidated by road situation and I don’t feel comfortable getting out until I know where I can legally bike. So I’m going to make a trip to the courthouse on Monday (online was not helpful at all).
  
• Despite not going out, I do have several routes in mind thanks to BeginnerTriathlete and MapMyRide (thanks Mandy for the suggestion!).
  
• I’ve been weight lifting again and it feels great. I’m usually really comfortable with my body, but I was getting paranoid that my arms were becoming flabby since it had been a while. Weight lifting is always a strength of mine and I love doing it (no pun intended)!
  
• If you need some inspiration (like I do (going 4 months in between races isn’t fun)) here are two suggestions:
  • The book “17 Hours to Glory” is a GREAT read! I got it for my birthday and absolutely love it. Check it out for an easy triathlon read.
  • I know there are tons of triathlon YouTube videos, but I think this one may be my all time favorite, it is just so well done:

• Lastly: I’ve been meaning to share this for a while, but remember my awesome Racine experience? Well my wonderful sister got me one of the best gifts I have ever gotten, a book. Check this out:

The front (sorry about the bad picture)

The back (it’s a picture of Emily driving)

Samples of what is inside (pictures in the book taken by Britney, Emily and Kelsey).

Emily is a Mac user and they have a program where they can make photo books (like this one) from their picture program. There are different types of books and you can include writing on the pages if you so desire. It. Is. Awesome.

So that is my Triathlon Soup for now. I just want give a HUGE shout out to Mandy and Jon who will be racing Ironman 70.3 Timberman on Sunday and I know they are going to kick serious butt! Good luck to everyone else racing!