Arg

Right off the bat I've had issues. I can run, I can bike, but I can't swim. Not for another week, anyway. As, for the holidays, the pool has shut down operations. I guess for most people this isn't a huge deal, but for me, I'm not a great swimmer...at all. So I was really hoping to get in the water and get to work. Now, it won't be open until the new year and then we're moving, just after. So it looks like the earliest I can get some time in will be the middle of January. Guess I'll just have to work a little extra hard, is all.

And....

It's no longer my birthday. Nope, instead it's the first day of training. How did this happen, I wonder? I had, using my fingers, calculated that I didn't need to do anything for, at least, another week. December 28th, I had told myself. Then, after being pestered, repeatedly, by someone who shall not be named but knows who he is, I sat down with the calender and plotted out my training, week by week. Low and behold, today is the first day of training.

30 min. swim.

Not too bad, not as bad as some of the workouts I had to fit into the small boxes on my calendar. 5 1/2 hours bike, 1 hour swim, 3 hour run. (or something like that, I've already blocked them out - that way I can be shocked yet again, when I flip the month over and see all that writing)

30 min. swim. Followed by dinner at Sumac Ridge (our we're leaving Penticton for Prince George commiseration dinner)

I can do that, easy. :)

One work out at a time

Happy Birthday To Me!

The Garmin Forerunner 405

I've only had one run with it, yesterday, but it's amazing. It seems pretty accurate, though I'm sure whatever measures the pace if broken :P

I'm loving it so far, though having issues uploading my info onto Garmin Connect, could be an issue with my computer though, rather than the Garmin.

Sold Out

Looks like I just made the cut...

Subaru Ironman Canada Sold Out for 2010
September 1, 2009

The 2010 edition of Subaru Ironman Canada is now sold out to general entry. All on-site and on-line general entry slots have now been claimed.

An announcement with regard to the availability of Ironman Community Fund slots will be made via the race website in the next few weeks.

Subaru Ironman Canada will take place for the 28th time on Sunday, August 29, 2010 in Penticton, BC and the surrounding Okanagan Valley.

Drama

Even though I had been in touch with a certain someone at Ironman Canada, via email, for a couple weeks leading up to sign up, pertinent information had been with held. It wasn't until the day before the sign up, that I got an email informing me that Ironman Canada only takes credit. No cash, no debit, no checks, no goats, just credit. For most this is a shrug your shoulders bit of information and you move on. For me, a Permanent Resident here in Canada, it's more complicated than that, as I wasn't allowed to have a credit card until just recently. (the application's been out and I've had to send off verification of my residence so the problem should be rectified soon.)

So I didn't get to set my alarm for 4am and there was no stumbling down to the sign up line and waiting the 9 hours, or so, to drop my name into the big bucket of future Ironmen or Ironpeople. Instead there was sleeping in. Strangly I had a dream about it all, obviously it was on my mind, which is strange for me because I dream about very few 'real world' things (they mostly involve flying and, the other night, zombies).

Then, after going about my daily duties, I decided to check online and see what was happening with Ironman.ca and see if, maybe, they had opened any slots online (a rare occurance but one that does happen, every so often). Low and behold...there were spots. I quickly sent off an email to my hubby, who was at work, two hours away, and, having a slow day in the office, he happened to be online. Before I knew it he had bought my entry into Ironman 2010 and I recieved a confirmation email, stating that I had been registered.

I had hoped to experience the same thrill, or lack of thrill, everyone else has, by sitting in line, for hours, waiting to sign up for themselves, in person. Instead I was sitting at home, slacking off on the net, when I recieved an email, informing me that I had been signed up. We all have different routes, I guess, and, for this, mine has already driven off track. And from that little bit of information, I'm guessing, that the next twelve months will be unique, as well.

Update

For my one reader, out there - you know who you are, I thought I should update my little blog.

I tweaked my back, pretty bad, the other day, whilst putting on socks. In my defence they were the big fluffy type, so a bit heavier than most. So running's been off the table for a while. It comes back on today, however, so things are still moving forward.

I'm putting money aside to purchase all the things I'll need to buy, wet suit, bicycle and, august 31st, the entry fee.

It trips me out, as much as you can BE tripped out without the appropriate medication, that I'm planning this far out for something that I'll be cursing out later :)

Here we go...

This is a quick post to set up the scene....

First time triathlete, first time Ironman, so the road will be tough. I'm married to an Ironman, so I'm aware of how tough. I've finished a few races, 10k's and a marathon, but never really 'dove' into the water, they way I'll need to, if I'm to not drown during the first leg.

It should be interesting and I'm hoping some of you out there will check in on me from time to time, making sure I'm training and posting my workouts. Shame of failing is a great motivator, I think.