Thanks for the memories Tony. (or traumatic visual of our potential prime minister in his smugglers and MJ inspired one glove)

Day one of my IronJan challenge.

700m swim - 3.1km to go
3.72km rum - 38.45km left

Cycling tomorrow so the entire 180km to go there.

It is fun to have a non competitive & fun reason to get going again.

Melanieisdoinglife I TOTALLY just went straight to your blog first thing back in tumblr. Great minds! Good job at the shops today.

Ironman in Jan Challenge

I’m back, baby, I’m back!

After an hiatus of wallowing, eating too much and being completely stressed with family drama here I am again.

I’ve decided to kickstart my return to exercise and healthy living with a challenge suggested by my triathlete sister. Complete the Ironman distances in a month. In the 3 & a bit weeks left in Jan I’ve kicked it off with a 700m set of swim drills this morning.

There’s some members of our Tri club joining me. Any getting started in Triathlon up for the challenge?

Another fav from the Nepean Triathlon today.

As seen on the run course, Nepean Triathlon 2011.

“As an athelete I’m not PATHETIC. I’m just really, really, really BAD”

and a truly fabulous green hat.

No, I said I knew I wouldn’t do what it took to train for an ironman and that still stands :)

And as such I have gained a few kg since finishing my half marathon. I’ve also been very unmotivated and have barely run or biked. Good news however is that I’ve swum, and swum, and swum some more.

I’m getting better but on Sunday I had a go at an enticer triathlon and choked on the swim, but only totally! I panicked and kinda forget to take an in breath - which, apparently is not a sustainable way to swim.

I got to the end somehow and proceeded to smash up the bike leg before blowing up on the run. Goal: under an hour. Time: 56mins & change. Not bad for zero training.

Then, I saw the photos and realised that few kilos weight gain in Lycra isn’t the most attractive look.

I thought about dieting. God I hate dieting! Then I realized I just like to eat what I want when I want. My choices aren’t too horrific, I just have a bit more than I should sometimes (OK, almost every day).

I hate dieting enough that I decided I need another big goal to burn off the excess and reverse the expanding size
of my thigh and buttock region, and stomach, and … well, everything really.

So, I’ve picked a 100km charity ride in 6 weeks. Let the training begin peoples!

Also I learned I feel less hollow and a lot better about myself if I train. A note to self worth remembering the next time I start to feel so empty inside. I apparently need big challenges to fill me up. Or therapy but what would you rather do - cycle along in a gorgeous spring day watching the sun set or sit
in a dingy office and talk about your childhood?

Saddle up!

To the untrained eye this looks like a disaster. In reality I’ve not run for over 2 weeks, eaten crap for the same amount of time, not hydrated in any substantial way for two days, it was very hot, I chose the middle of the day to run and I covered the required distance of 9.6km. In my book, and as Borat would say, Great Success!