w5d3 – doing it in the dew

When I opened the door to head out this morning, it was raining.  I immediately turned to Kahuna and said, “It’s raining!”  Never once did it cross my mind to not go out, but was wondering if he was going to surf.  I had to remind myself a few times that I can’t let the rain stop me on race day, so I might as well train in it.  I don’t know if it’s the girl in me that didn’t want to get her hair wet, or the ickiness of my clothes sticking to me, but I cut 36 seconds off my time 🙂   At the almost-home point I found myself mentally planning a 2-mile route that I know I’m going to need sooner rather than later.  I even caught myself thinking I should try to run, but smacked that thought down and made myself walk to preserve how much better my heel has been feeling.  Finish time 0:27:59.  18.4-minute mile.  My butt the part of the human body that you sit on hurts!

Had a very long (for us) conversation with Kahuna last night about me.  I told him that all I can think about is starting to swim.  I probably have the pool hours memorized for the local Y, I’ve looked at their webpage so often.  I’ve also decided to put the job hunting on hold until after my surgery.  I can’t in good conscience go to a new employer knowing that I’m going to have to miss work for maybe an extended amount of time not too long after I begin working for them.  Sometimes I don’t realize I’ve made up my mind about something until I say it out loud to Kahuna, even though it’s something I’ve thought about for maybe forever.

Right now those thoughts include:  Is this my mid-life crisis?  Is it all of a sudden going to stop being important to me?  It’s so not like me to feel this way, I wonder if it’s going to go away when it stops being “new.”   Am I just doing this for the new stuff being involved in something like this allows me to buy?  Is it my age that is causing me to care less when I think of putting on a suit and swimming in public?  Is there really a bike out there I can ride?  Are the end of tri-season bikes on sale yet?

To keep some of those thoughts tamed I’ve committed myself to a couple of challenges on the tri board I visit.

• walk or walk/run a minimum of 1.5 miles a minimum 3x a week – or 25 miles –  from 1-31 October;
• between 28 September and 28 December lose 16.2# and start swimming

Oh, and major accomplishment – since I started this wonderful journey, I’ve cut my body fat by 8%.  Measurements on Sunday.

Kahuna has his last triathlon of the season on Sunday, so we’re headed out to grab his race package tomorrow and I’m hoping if we don’t get back too late I can swing by the Y and talk to them about my swimming.

Have a healthy weekend!