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What am I Thinking?
By Administrator | November 14, 2005
What on earth would possess a non-athlete to compete in a triathlon at the ripe old age of fifty?
Beats me, but that’s what I’ve decided to do.
For the next 7 1/2 short years, I plan to transform myself from a sedentary couch potato to a triathlete, with a goal of competing some time near my 50th birthday in June of 2013. That seems a very long way in the future right now, but I know from experience that time can pass with frightening speed when we’re not looking forward to something.
I plan to chronicle here the ups and downs of my training regimen. This blog will be my equivalent of that old line from ABC Sports: the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. While I’m hoping to spend more time and emphasis on the “victory” part, I’m realistic enough to know that I’ll definitely have my share of agonizing defeats, agonizing pain…and just downright agony over these next few years…
Here’s a little background on myself as I take those first steps along my chosen path: as of today, I weigh 206.5 pounds, I’ve been on medication for high blood pressure for the past 10 years, and I have no set workout routine (though I do enjoy activities such as swimming, biking, walking, and skating). My husband and I married young and had the first of our three daughters right after I turned 20 and just before my husband turned 22, with numbers two and three coming along before my 25th birthday (and his 27th). We were so caught up in raising the girls, working, and trying to make ends meet that we haven’t focused much on our own health - and now we’re both trying to lose weight and control our mutual high blood pressure.
Hubby has been doing quite a bit of biking and walking for the last couple months and is getting himelf into great shape. I worked out a bit with our oldest daughter as she prepared herself for Navy boot camp, where she is at this moment, but I haven’t done much since she left in mid-October. The time has come for me to remedy that situation and start the serious business of training myself for that triathlon hiding off in the mist of the distant future.
At this time, I’m not sure how to start my training so I’m just going to do a little swimming, biking, and walking as I try to lose some of this excess weight. Two days of each activity, plus one day of weight training, each week should be a good start.
I’ll go into more detail on that as soon as I get the schedule worked out in my mind.
And, I’m off…
Topics: Health/Wellness |
