My goodness, I really let time go by between journal entries these days. Seems like I'm not really able to do social media very much these days. Of course a lot of my little bits of time are twiddled away on DragonCave (which has taken over for Twitter for me) but it may just be I don't have much time for it anymore ( Read more... )

Well, conceptually, it's a sprint triathlon, a 400 meter swim/15K bike/5K run. I thought last time I could do the full distance if I trained for it, and I have been, for the last two months.

My race wave starts at 12:40 in the pool at Crystal Palace.

It would be lovely to see you there.

Yes, I am scared.

So in a week I'm doing a real triathlon - a sprint distance one as opposed to the pint-sized beginners' tri I did last month. I think I'm physically prepared for it, but I have a feeling I'm going to get panicky the day before and have a hard time psyching myself up on the day. The panic, the adrenaline, the anxiety issues are still a problem for ( Read more... )

I'm going to have a post talking about the work situation soon. But meanwhile: I was turned down for one contract yesterday (the budget was cut after the interview) and I'm hearing about a job I interviewed two weeks ago today. These days, the pre-interview stress actually is debilitating and after an interview I'm exhausted and ill for a day or ( Read more... )

Well, I've researched the route, I've mostly packed my bag, and it looks like I'm ready for my race. I've already done all the distances in a row twice, so I feel confident that I can do it - well, except for swimming the distance continuously, as I've always stopped and turned at the edge of the pool - hopefully that won't make much of a ( Read more... )

Wow, it's hard to believe how far I've come along in a year. This time last year I was recovering from the bout of urticaria that nearly killed me; I spent two weeks in a fog of steroids, then went into the long slow haul of sertraline and its horrible effects on my mental functioning. This time last summer I was being very dedicated about trying ( Read more... )

This week was a bit lame on the training perspective - I was intending to get a 30 minute run in and only did 3 twenties; on the day I'd planned a big run it actually was really hot and my heart rate was spiking much higher than it usually does and, um, I was seeing black twinkles in my peripheral vision. So I dialed down the pace and kept it at my ( Read more... )

I've been continuing my triathlon training at the gym. Today I did something neat: I swam, ran and biked all the distances of my mini-tri. It took about 55 minutes and in no way captured what it would really be like to be racing, except for maybe the fun and excitement of being on a bike with a wet butt. It did give me a chance to generally check ( Read more... )

So about a month ago I got an email from the company I'm buying sports bras from, about a triathlon. It's actually being sponsored by a sports bra I really favor, so I looked at the link. Amazingly, the swimming and running distances for the beginner tri were distances I could already cover and was doing regularly: 200 meters swim and 3.5 k run. ( Read more... )

I'm gonna start writing about triathlon training. Watch this space.

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