Triathlon - training day 1

Totally kicked my ass.

it was my first session, the run. I mean, you'd think that the run would be easy, don't we all learn how to run when we're like 1 year old? yeah, well... it's been a while since I've actually done a decent run. Well before pregnancy. And after Chewie i have been walking, doing Stroller Cardio and walks along the river, but it just doesn't prepare you for running.

I was going to sign up for the Run4/Walk1 group, but dear sensible husband of mine was all like: "Are you crazy?" so, I decided to play it safe and did the Run2/Walk1 for this week. Good. Lord of the Rings. Almighty. Sweet. Baby. Jeebus. Two minutes feels like a frakking eternity when you haven't run in over a year and a half. I spent the duration of the 30 minute run thinking each time that I was about to keel over and the group would have to leave me for dead, stranded in the muddy spring goo of the puddles that sprinkle Meewasin Trail.

Surprisingly, I did NOT die. In fact, as the run wore on each 2 minute segment seemed to be getting shorter. That's a good sign, right? By the very very end i was starting to think that i might be a real crazy person for signing up for this triathlon in the first place... thinking: "Oh lordy, I'm going to have to do this run AFTER swimming a million laps and biking for another million laps...." I still wonder as to the sanity of my poor self.

Next week our group, The Glorious Greens, move up to Run3/Walk 1 and I have it on good authority from our run leader and the few in our group who did this godawful thing last year that if you DON'T fit in an extra run somewhere in the week you DIE when the group moves up one minute. WELL. That's. Just. Great.

I'm going to try to convince my madre to drive into the city and run with me once a week. Yeah, that'll learn her for challenging me to do this thing in the first place.

OH GOD, this is only the FIRST DAY!!!!!

help.me.

also, i did talk to 3 perfect strangers today...about my running socks. huh, who knew that was conversation starter material?