Nancy's Blog

I did my arm weight/stomach exercises.

I had to be to work at 6am so I went to Bingham about 10 minutes early and jogged around the parking lot.  Then we did our usual warmup but I cut it short by a few minutes.  After Leslie got off work we rode bikes.  Wow Leslie's new bike sure made a difference.  I went as fast as I wanted to and she was able to keep up.  She now has a computer on her bike so we can tell how far and fast we go.  We went just over 12 miles.

Leslie and I went to a swim clinic at Blackridge reservoir.  We both had wetsuits but boy was it cold.  We were in the water about 35 minutes and our feet and hands were numb when we got out.  The Tri swim at daybreak won't be quit as cold because we will be swimming the whole time instead of treading water listening to instructions.

Met the BBK's at the SJ soccer fields.  I started a couple minutes before everyone and they finished a couple of minutes ahead of me.  I'm glad I made it the whole 3 miles.  I would liked to have stayed for the rest of the run but I had to be to work at 6am.  After work I took a much needed nap (I woke up at 3am this morning) then I did my leg weight/stomach exercises along with 70 mens pushups.

Leslie and I picked up our packets for the Daybreak Triathlon.  There was sure a crowd there and it took quite a while.  I'm a little nervous for the swim.  It was freezing when we swam at the Blackridge reservoir on Wednesday and I don't think it will be much warmer tomorrow at Daybreak.  I plan on just making it through the swim and then going all out on the bike ride and then surviving the run.

I'm counting my biking and running.  Leslie and I did our Daybreak Triathlon.  The swimming was the hard part.  The water was freezing cold, but we waited so long to start that my feet were already frozen.  They started in waves and I was the very last wave.  It was my first Tri in open water and I had a hard time going straight towards the bouy.  I got very tired and had to do sidestroke and back stroke.  I kept plugging along and made it to the end.  When I got out I was very tired and light headed so they made me sit down for a few minutes before they let me ride my bike.  The bike was uphill the first half but I still did well.  I passed a few people.  The way back was very easy, all downhill.  I passed a few more people.  The first part of the run was hard.  My legs felt like rubber.  I walked for about 100 yards and ate a granola bar.  Then I ran the rest of the way.  I was very slow but I made it to the end.  I got 1st in my age.  Leslie finished about 10 minutes ahead of me, but she also started about 5 minutes before me.  I think we both did well.