Sprint Triathlon

Let it be known from the beginning that I believe running to be Satan's sport. I hate it on almost every level.

So here I am training for a sprint triathlon. Only a mere 3 miles are required to run (I think). I am figuring that I can run that amount. I did in high school for P.E. and despised it then too. Now before you think I am all amazing and super cool, let me say that this is a training program for fat people. It is an 8-month program and here I am in week 2. It is going very well. My workouts are different than what I am used too, but I was already working out longer than is requested on my training log. I will say my body is responding positively after only a week. It is very encouraging.

And now, what prompted such extreme measures? Why a triathlon? Do I realize how overweight I am? Am I crazy? Well, there were a lot of factors building to this decision. But the idea just popped into my head two weeks ago as I was driving. I thought I could manage the biking and swimming, just work really hard on the running.

I consulted with the fitness expert of the fam; a.k.a Noel. She told me about sprint triathlons which are super condensed which was perfect for little old me!!! Yeah!

Here are the reasons for me doing this little race:

1. Cora - I am forever being critiqued by this little girl. She says almost daily, "I just don't get it! You have such a long, skinny nose but so much extra skin on the rest of your body." Nice. Lovely ways of stating that I am fat.

2. Shay -I can hardly be offended but Shay managed it a couple of months ago. She seriously sent me a link to "The Biggest Loser" and begged me to apply. I know I am fat, but those people are just in a whole other fat category. Really Shay?

3. Carlos - he has subtly displayed skinny pictures of me in the house. Like it was a woman he use to know. Poor boy. A negative of getting skinny will be his sex drive. He has a high one as is, what is it going to be like when I'm hot?

4. Kara - this little cousin of mine just needs me to be skinny for her photog pleasure.

5. Mom - Last time I visited with mom she roped me into a contest of sorts. We knew we'd see each other at July 4th. So it is on, to see which one of us can loose 20 pounds by then.

6. Maya - my sister-in-law is a tiny little thing who decided this year was her year. She has attacked her weight loss with a vengeance. That's the only way she does anything, for those of you who don't know her. She has lost 10-12 pounds last I heard. Go Maya!!!

7. Mr. Cholesterol - yep, I'm high, like 213 or something. I've always been high even in the skinny era, but I'm getting older and my doctor threatened medication at my next physical. Really, do I need to be on one more medication? No thank you.

8. Mr. Diabetes - this little disease runs rampant in my family. I feel like a time-bomb about to detonate. With all this extra weight it is only a matter of time until it hits officially. I don't want that.

9. Cute clothes - fat people don't get cute clothes. And then if you do find something semi-cute you have to pay extra because it is a fat-mama size. Fortunately, I am still in extra larges, but the next size up is super fat-mama size and I am NOT going there. And I do actually have cute taste in clothes. You would never know that because I dress like a hag, but once I'm skinny I will be smok'n on all sorts of levels - clothing being one of them.

10. The Challenge - I want the challenge of training a long time for an end product. I think the triathlon will be so amazing to complete. It will be such a rewarding accomplishment. The discipline, sacrifice, work, routine will spill over into other facets of my daily life. It's all good.

Holy crap, wish me luck!