ONE DAY til my tri!!!!

Well here it is one more full day until the FIRST event I have EVER done in my life. EVER. WHY you ask is she doing a sprint Tri for her first event? Quite frankly its because I am crazy. (no really, I am.) I am excited about it though!!!! (not the crazy part) I am sitting here thinking about how crazy it is that a girl my size would actually enter an event that she most assuredly WILL come in last at. The response is simple, I just want to help everyone out by ensuring that they feel good about themselves and DO NOT come in last. I am taking the bullet for all the other girls in the event. But next year someone else will have to take my place because I will be closer to the middle to front of the pack...I am sure of it. (besides this year I really have NO choice in the matter because I am NOT fast at any of the three events) The important thing is to still be able to walk so I can work on Monday....come to think of it I think if you do a major event like this you should get a paid day off. It should be a law or something.

To tell the truth I am pretty darn excited about this whole thing. The fact that I am not totally freaking out is a good thing. I have not had a real good "training" record but I have done some...mostly biking and walking a lot. I feel pretty sure that I can cross the finish line on my own without the assistance of a stretcher, I am feeling (pretty) sure of that. This is actually a REALLY important event because it will set the pace to beat for every other event do from here on out. 5k runs, mini tri's or when I try out for the Olympic swim team.I am pretty sure at least that last one will happen.
In all seriousness I am happy that I am at the start of many more events. I will be doing a 5k in September. I think I will still be in the walking stage by then unless by some miracle I can blow off about 50 more pounds by then....it will all come. Oh I lost 1 and a half pounds this week so that's good. My friend informed me that I have lost 10% of my upper arms in the last 9 weeks since we measured. In the spring I decided I am going to do a weight training program three days a week. I hate weight training but I know its really important so i need to have someone to make me do it until I like it. I have so many exciting new ideas of things I want to do- and NO it does NOT include a marathon or an Iron man....not gonna happen, but I can see a LOT of mini tri's in my future!! (maybe a half marathon.maybe.)
Well anyway I am off to sleep and dream about one day being at the front of the pack!! For now I will settle for slow steady progress.Its the best kind anyway.