it's fun

I've been suckered into training by a friend who is a city cop so he is in pretty good shape. I guess I'm in good shape but I'm not athletic. I've struggled all of my life to gain weight and just can't seem to do it. I've been within' 10lbs since graduating high school 9 years ago.

I'm pretty good on a bike but I've never liked running and have never really tried swimming. Louis (cop buddy) says he'll help me run by chasing me around so he can practice for work and I can become a better runner. The big problem with running is the cigarettes. (I already have a mom and step mom, not to mention the various grandma's, so please skip the lecture.) As I said the biking thing is pretty easy. I really like the bike because it is close to auto racing. I'm too scared to crash the bike but I try to fly through the corners at the parks when no ones around. I've taken a couple of on-grass excursions due to missing the apex of turns and therefore missing the path at the end of the turn and the grass has been good to me and not tossed me on my butt. When I get more compitant with running I'm going to take a stab at swimming and focus on that during the winter months when it isn't as nice outside.

I'm working on being able to run now. Last week I ran 1 minute and walked a minute for 30min, 45min and 60 min each day. This week I'm doing 2min running and 1 min walking. So far I like running for 2 minutes more than 1min, but at the end of 30min my butt is spent. I'm going to do 30 min again when I get done typing this; from my experience I doubt I can do 45min. Running and smoking don't mix. On the long rides (over 1:30.00) I usally have a cigarette so that I can go for a little longer otherwise my performance drops because I'm thinking of my smoky-friend. I'm sure it's a great sight; 6'3, 155lbs, spandex, pretty blue bike, Marlboro hanging out of my hand.

There aren't really any more tris this season that I've found so I'm focusing on next spring. The only concern I have is that I'm not very competitive. I enjoy doing well and dislike doing poorly but I don't beat myself up for doing bad. Hopefully competing in a few tris will change that.