This year, I'll do better.

My goal this year, as I've said before is to do better than my 2010 Triathlon time.  One of the sore points for me was my inability to keep my speed up on my swim, bike, and sort of for my run.  In 2010, here was my breakout:

2010 Breakout:
Swim: 25.36 min
Transition 1:  10:04 min
Bike: 1:47:42 min
Transition 2: 4:10min (I somehow managed to change outfits, too, in this time)
Run: 1:13:40 min

2012 Goals:

Swim: 23 minutes
Transition 1:  9min
Bike: 1:40 min
Transition 2: 4min (I'll have to change from bike shoes now)
Run: 1:05 min


= 3 hours and 22 minutes.

FUNDRAISING GOAL MET AND EXCEEDED!!!

I wanted to quickly thank EVERYONE who has supported me in my fundraising and has donated to this awesome cause!

You are all amazing people to have in my life, and I am truly grateful.

If you're in NYC, I hope you'll come out to watch me race on July 8th! I'll be putting together an invite on Facebook when I find some free time (when I'm not working, working out, or sleeping to recover from either, lol!)

Much love,
Sarah

Millions of Opinions, opinions for free...

I got me some new kicks, and I'm desperately trying to wear them in.  So far, I haven't been successful, but I still think I have some time (less than 3 weeks!).

They look just like these ones, except per the recommendation of my coaches, I swapped out the laces for "quick-laces", which really means they have a plastic drawstring on them.  I still have to figure out how to use these, since I think I'm tying them way to tight, and totally killing my circulation.

The woman at Super Runners was trying to sell me on the Kayanos, which I thought were way to big at the toe box, and the woman at NY Running Company also tried to sell me on the Kayanos ($150), but said that I should be literally 2 sizes up in size. There is no way that suddenly I'm a Size 10.5, when I've always worn 9.5 sneakers, and wear 8.5/9s in regular women's shoes.

Anyway, the specifics of all these things are beginning to make my head hurt.  Changing my bike inner tubes on Saturday was a similar story of a million different opinions or ways to do things, and one frustrated Sarah. :)  Luckily, everyone was super helpful, and didn't mind that I seemed like I was about to go off the deep end, between trying to determine how much air was appropriate for my tubes before I reattached my tires back onto the wheels.  Everyone was freely sharing their opinions on what I needed to do next, even though I thought I might lose it.  No wonder I haven't done a Flat-Tire workshop before!  Anyway, its swim practice on Monday night that will probably help me get my nerves down again.  I'm hoping we do another continuous swim!

Happy Father's Day to my fantastic father who is visiting and staying with me!!

Coney Island Open Water Swim

First open water swim practice! Above is a pic of our coach speaking to the team at 7am on Saturday morning!  It was a great swim + run, which involved a 40 minute swim and a 45minute run!  I feel like I'm in a really great place with training.

Less than 1 month till the New York City Triathlon!!!

Below is a pic from after the workout -- 
tired, hungry, and trying to avoid Nathan's Hot Dogs! 


To date, I've lost about 18lbs since the beginning of April!

Less than 5 weeks till the NYC Triathlon!

Its exactly 30 days till the NEW YORK CITY TRIATHLON!!!!

Yesterday, I took my first full workout break in 12 days (May 25th).  Why would I do such a thing? I'm finally learning the value of rest, and realizing that while it the peak time of my training, I need to be a smart athlete. Problem with taking a break is that I really cut loose (watched a Broadway show with my friends, enjoyed more than 1 glass of wine, you get the picture.)  Tonight, I have more 'cutting loose' to do with a group of industry friends, but I'm going to do my very very best to be smart about it.

I have about $200 left to fundraise, and I'm feeling STRONG!

I can do this!

Yesterday's practice was brutal, but it gave me the reassurance that I can do this!!!

We biked 23.33 miles in Prospect Park yesterday (7 loops), and I probably could have kept going. We also ran for about 45 minutes, though I didn't get all that far because my calves were cramping up. This was a serious week of workouts, and from Saturday to today, i have worked-out (or sweated by bowling 6 games in 1.5hrs) 7 of 8 days. Today I went to a dahn yoga class which was interesting, but another nice way to change things up.

I can do this!! I am now officially and staying within a healthy BMI, even though the self-imposed no alcohol decree has been lifted! Go me!