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From a website allthingstriathlon.com:

Life

The dictionary defines life as "an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism, growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction", or "the sequence of physical and mental experiences that make up the existence of an individual." (source: miriamwebster.com)

We triathletes tend to be happy with the lives we've created for ourselves.   Why is that?  What is it about triathlon that allows us to accept our lives, enrich our lives, and enjoy our lives?  Now, I have yet to meet a person that is happy with everything in their life.  I think I wouldn't believe them if they told me they were.  But, for the most part, we triathletes are happy with ours.  So...why?  Is it that we spend time in our lives doing something we enjoy?  Is it because we gravitate towards sharing our lives with people who think like we do?  Or is it simply that we proactively create our lives?  We take responsibility for our happiness, and go get it?  We choose to do things, instead of things/circumstances/whatever choosing us?  Something to think about...

"Life isn't about finding yourself.  Life is about creating yourself."

George Bernard Shaw

Hi all, it's been a few days since I posted, but I wanted to catch up with y'all and say hi.

We've just had 4 days away with my parents at their little beach place. The weather was way too hot for me, high 20s C, so we swam in the sea and generally tried to keep cool.

On the soul front, the swimming was absolutely the best thing that I could have done. It was my first time back in the water since I got a sore ear in August, and I morphed back into a fish instantly, which was great, considering I'd lost all my confidence. I was really happy with that part of our little trip. Some other parts weren't so good; my stepson head-butted me accidentally and I'm pretty sure he fractured my nose, we then discovered that he had headlice (he doesn't live with us, he arrived like that!), and then this morning, on the way home, he power-chucked all through my partner's truck.

Yuuuuuuuck!

So, anyone who's a parent with recognise this as a standard summer holiday, but it was all a bit much for me. It's all good development for me as a stepmum!

Hope you are all well and enjoying your training.

Jac

Thanks for your support Kimberly! Everyone I've told has said "ooooh well, it's all part of having kids". That, kind people, is precisely  why I never had them!

I've just been for a 30km ride. It was a group ride from the bike store where my partner works. Unfortunately for me though, I can't keep up with the group, so it's actually a solo ride for me, at an inconvenient time of day! I might take that into consideration next time I think about going! It's no fun riding with a group if you spend the whole time trying to catch them.

On the riding front: I've come back from the last few rides with sore legs just behind my knees. I'm thinking that it's a seat height issue maybe. Any suggestions? Should I go up or down?

Anyway, I'm off to organise some food. Talk to you all soon,

Jac

I have never had kids, but my wife and I got custody of her daughters kids almost 6 years ago.  They were 6 weeks and 2 yo.  I can tell some learning curve stories for sure.  I was 46 and my god I thought sometimes that something had died, but nope it was just diaper change time...OMG!!

Just a quick check on seat height is:  be barefoot, sit on your bike,  put your pedals parallel with seat tube and your heel should just barely brush your pedal.  Make sure you are sitting up straight.  

Oh that's so lovely Kimberly, thanks for that comment. Some days I am a selfless, loving parent, and other days I just can't get my head around why I am even doing it!

It's a no-brainer though, really, I love the little guy's father like I've never loved anyone, so it's just a part of my life that was unexpected. I get great joy from my relationship, this is just another facet of it.

The wee guy does crack me up quite often though: the other day he disappeared, and when I found him he was outside, running really slowly with a highly determined look on his face. I was a bit puzzled, so asked what he was doing. He said "I'm shraining." (Wee speech issue, he climbs shrees as well...) What was so funny was that he had my running posture down pat; eyes down, shoulders back, open hands etc.

He used to watch me on the indoor trainer, back when I didn't have my bike properly set up. I'd take skin off myself time and time again, and sometimes got off the trainer in tears because I didn't think I'd ever sit down again. When we started taking him out mountainbiking on the tag-along behind his Dad, he announced one day that his "bum feels like shraining". Another moment of suppressed mirth for David and I.

It's not all bad, I promise, I am just a grumpy old bag who doesn't enjoy the heat or 5 hour car journeys in vehicles that stink of vomit!

Ok, i'ts been a while since I've posted (or even log my training).

So, the update. Now we (my husband, daughter and me) are living in Mexico. So, we left behind the winter and WELCOME sunny days... but a little bit dissapointed that Mexico City is so large that all the good places to run or even bike are far far from home (at least an hour by car due to traffic).

So, what are my possibilities? The gym (well equiped with a pool and everthing I need) and some sporadic weekend trainings outdoors. I've made myself to the idea that I CAN train at the gym as properly as an outdoor training. So...

 And because of the polluted air of the city my daughter became sick, so I've been at home with her with really no chance to train this week. And officially my training schedule is broken. Not that I'm complaining... but the story of my life.

Hopefully by the weekend I'll startup and catch up my workout.

With all these days of almost doing nothing, I've been thinking about the IronGirl Tri @ Las Vegas... will 12 weeks of training will do?

 OOoooor... I was also checking that there is another IronGirl Tri at Irving Texas.... anyone has been there or know someone who has? Since Vegas is on an artificial lake, they say the swim leg is practically as on a pool, but what about Texas??? You know, the swim thing is my weakest, but that doesn't mean I can't achieve it.

  Thinking about a goal and getting ready for it.

Ok then, now we know that this girl who told me that the lake was pool like:

a) Never swam on a pristine nice pool

b) Trains on a gutter!

Any comments on the Texas IronGirl?

Alrightie, seems I've created a little of southern conversation/debate. Well, maybe I'll tell you about it... if any longhorns on the road, I will absolutely report on them.

Should I decorate my bike with a couple of longhorns instead of an aerobar? Ok, my husband is now telling me that I shouldn't tell that infront of his Texan clients... who knew he had those? yeeehaaaa!

Now he is making fun of my cowboy hats and my boots.  Does the the abuse never end?  My current wife doesn't like me to wear them either so they collect dust in the closet,  but if it ever gets really cold here in vegas I am wearing my duster.  A duster is one WARM coat.

Luff,  The one time you should NEVER run is with a respiratory infection.  A head cold is okay, but chest cold NEVER.