{"id":15990,"date":"2011-04-09T12:36:42","date_gmt":"2011-04-09T19:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=15990"},"modified":"2011-04-09T12:36:42","modified_gmt":"2011-04-09T19:36:42","slug":"trying-a-tri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=15990","title":{"rendered":"Trying a Tri"},"content":{"rendered":"

For two days my neck and shoulder has been killing me. I have no idea why, or what I did. Do I need a new pillow? Did I pull something on Wednesday’s workout? Who knows but it’s awful. I have a massage scheduled for Sunday night and I’m praying it helps.<\/p>\n

This week my schedule changed at work. I asked my boss if I could switch to 30 minute lunches and leave at 4:30 instead. My reasoning behind this is because I’m hoping that I can start biking to and from work in preparation for the Portland Century. I want to miss some of the 5 o’clock rush hour traffic for safety reasons. The time change was approved so I started getting off work at 4:30. It’s made a huge change! I haven’t started commuting to work on bike yet because of the weather but I’m hoping to do that in the next month. Right off the bat I can see that that 30 minutes will GREATLY improve my way of life. I miss the rush hour traffic commuting home, I get to the gym earlier, hence I get home earlier and have more time to spend with Michael or friends. Plus I will be able to eat dinner at a reasonable hour. Love it!<\/p>\n

Friday I got to the pool by 5pm and was in the pool by 5:15. Since it was such a gorgeous sunny day in Portland I didn’t have to worry about the gym being crowded when I got there. I was worried a great deal about my neck and shoulders. I wasn’t even sure I would be able to swim at all with the pain I was in. But the moment I got in the pool all the discomfort melted away. I had a FANTASTIC swim! It was wonderful. I took my inhaler with me this time too and that helped with my chest discomfort.<\/p>\n

Swim Stats:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time: 56<\/strong><\/p>\n

Calories Burned: 412<\/strong><\/p>\n

Distance: 8 lengths short of 1.5 miles<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nSince I got to the gym early I swam a little longer and enjoyed it. I didn’t feel like I had to rush to hurry up and get home (or try to beat my raging hunger). There was a guy in the lane next to me doing sprints in the pool and when I was done with my swim I chatted with him in the sauna. I asked what he was training for and he said the Coeur d’Alene triathlon<\/a>. I told him I’d wanted to do a Sprint Tri for a few years now but I hadn’t yet. I’m seriously considering signing up for one this summer. I’m nervous about the idea, anxious about open-water swimming, and nervous that I can actually DO it.<\/p>\n

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\nMy friend Ember<\/a> is doing the Girlfriends and Dudes Triathlon <\/a>this July. I could easily sign up for that tri because I have a buddy doing it too. The only problem? The swim part is in the Columbia River–FREEZING! I would need to buy a full wetsuit for that (expensive) and I already have a partial wetsuit (free). It’s a 1\/2 Mile Swim: A fast, down current swim in the Columbia River. Any swim stroke is acceptable including front crawl, back crawl, side-stroke, back float and doggie paddle. The Bike: A 12.5 mile flat ride along country roads. The Run: A 3 mile flat, out and back run on paved trails. Sounds easy right?<\/p>\n

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\nI already swim 1.5 (I can do 1\/2 mile in 15 minutes). I could easily bike 12.5 miles and running a 5k? I did Hood to Coast! I can do a 5k! But putting them all together….?<\/p>\n

My new gym friend suggested the Blue Lake Tri<\/a>. It’s in June and I was told there’s another on in August. He said I would not need a wetsuit if I did the Blue Lake Tri. I’m conflicted. I don’t know if I’m ready to do it. I want to. What am I afraid of?<\/p>\n

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\nI got home at a reasonable hour and Michael and I made turkey burgers and onion rings for dinner. I was famished.<\/p>\n

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\nI took a muscle relaxer hoping it would get my neck fixed. I fell asleep almost immediately and slept great. Unfortunately, I woke up in just as much pain as before. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

QUESTION: Have you done a triathlon? What did you think of it? Would you do it again?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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For two days my neck and shoulder has been killing me. I have no idea why, or what I did. Do I need a new pillow? Did I pull something on Wednesday’s workout? Who knows but it’s awful. I have a massage scheduled for Sunday night and I’m praying it helps. This week my schedule […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38,39,2742,43,1901,55,1248,1202,315,86,101,1902,104,107,134,2945,138,167,190,192,193,194,1897,250,260,267,280],"tags":[2990,406,2989,2991,8770,8648,8825,8707,8723,8735,1382,8838,2988,8743],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/19-Triathlons-I-Do-That.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15990"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15990"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16004,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15990\/revisions\/16004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}