In November I decided enough was enough and I needed to sign up for a race and get back to training. I had put on all of the weight I had lost in training for the first two triathlons and was definitely unhappy with how I felt and looked. This time, however, I decided to up the ante. I loved doing the two sprint distance triathlons. I had so much fun training and racing but decided it was time to do more.
Looking at the international distance races out there, I found that most of them were on Sundays. I don't race on Sunday. Really wanted to do the Nations Tri, here in DC. Sunday. How about the Tri DC? Sunday. Other races were sprint on Saturday, international on Sunday. Then I noticed there was a half-ironman, or 70.3, on a Saturday in May. I knew that was going to be my race. Five months to train for that distance, I felt, was plenty of time. But I wanted company again. I guess I am a social racer. So I sent out some texts, emails, etc and got a couple of friends to join me. Now there are six of us all signed up for the race and training.
I am really looking forward to the race and am enjoying the training. I am losing weight, feeling better, and scared to alive of doing 70.3 miles.
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