I signed up for my first Triathlon - Chicago - for August 29th, 2010. When I made the decision to run that race, last Sunday, I went for a run outside and felt like I was on fire - good fire. I had a smile plastered on my face and I thought about being able to call myself a Triathlete and competing on game day. I imagined how cute I would look in all of my fantastic Triathlon garb and my shiny new, "I am a Triathlete!" body. WHOOOO HOOOO! This is the greatest idea EVER!
Last night, I went for almost the exact same run, but instead of that enormous smile, I was making the ugly face. The face that Nike, while searching for super cute girls to take pictures of while being super athletic at the race and start an entire "JUST DO IT' campaign around said super cute girl (ME!), would completely gloss over. Instead, with pain in my 1,000 pound legs, I pushed myself thinking:
'You told everyone at work, and you blasted it on facebook. No backing out now. But this sucks. Dear Lord Baby Jesus, this SUCKS! How am I going to run 3.2 miles after swimming. AND biking. How am I going to do this run 3 times a week? This isn't right. This. Is. Not. Right. I wanna watch Oprah!'
OK. So now I've been through the two extremes and I'm still on board. I'm going to finish this Triathlon, and let's face it... if Nike sees me training they WILL want to take pictures of me because I AM super cute. I'll try to incorporate more smiles and less ugly faces into my training routine. Because that's what it's all about. Well, that and the shiny gold medal I'll win for finishing 1st place for the Panamanian female Naval Academy/Darden graduates in my age group. But if you are on facebook, you already know that...
Please help keep me motivated guys. I'm just starting out and I really do want to have fun, stay fit, and feel like I accomplished something special.
