Ya’ll – I did another Triathlon. Here is a picture of around mile 2 of the run.
This sprint triathlon is a 600-meter swim, 12-mile bike, and 3-mile run.
I hope you don’t mind the dorky picture. I get a bit loopy during these events.
It was hot and I couldn’t catch my breath on the run. I felt like I had nothing left to give. I wanted to quit but fought through it. My goal was to post my best time ever but I came up 20 seconds short of my personal best. I DID, however, improve my time by 23 seconds from last race. I was motivated to fight for a personal best after I met so many sweet people in Tampa that encouraged me to keep improving and fighting to get better. They told me it encouraged them seeing me doing triathlon and improve my times. The next race is July 29 and I’m already excited!
I’m trying to increase my training, while not losing weight. It’s not easy. I weigh 161 lbs and my body fat has to be in the single digits. I weighed 202 prior to surgery. It’s pretty crazy. I don’t want to go any lighter because I know my training load will increase if I do the Ironman 70.3 in Wilmington in October. I have until July/August to figure it all out – assuming they don’t sell out the event.
The Ironman 70.3 is exciting, but I’m hopeful I can also run a Marathon by the end of this year and hopefully a full Ironman (140.6 miles) in November of 2019. I want to use those events to fundraise for No Stomach For Cancer as they help fund research for CDH1 gene mutation.
I hope you will stay tuned and keep reading along as I figure this all out. I need to focus on staying healthy and fueled so I can keep training.