Vision Board!

During this time of stress, I was given a challenge through my Fabulous Fitness team to create a vision board. This was a big help for my focus, to remember why I do what I do and where I want to go with this..

My vision Board is about dream casting...looking at what I want to do in the area of fitness...

I am going to break down the pictures so you can see and understand what the dream/visions are.

When I saw this picture, what I saw was confidence and strength. It is not about wanting to look like her, but wanting that sense of confidence in myself that I see in her..

I am going to have to fight through the tough days, the times I just want to quit...this is my reminder to fight for what I want...up above it is Phil. 4:13...I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength!...this is not a journey that I am own by mistake or by myself...I believe that God has placed this passion in me for a reason and He will give me the strength to fight when I want to quit!

I don't want doubt to be my partner in this journey. I want to come to a place where I trust the process and doubt can't invade what I know to be the truth.

These three represent goals for the upcoming year...I want to run the Charity Chase Half Marathon again in 2012...this time for a personal record...that would be anything under 2:20! I want to train for and run the Thunder Road Marathon in 2012 (I may do the half for the Tunder Road this year!) and I would like to compete in the Rambling Rose and/or the YMCA Women only Triathlon.. These are my three big fitness dreams for the upcoming year and the timing on them will give me something to focus on and train for all year!

Clean eating is my goal! I have been up and down on this...this picture represents the recipes inside my clean eating books that I want to try. I know I feel better and my family is healthier when I follow this to the max...not when it is convient!So this will become a way of life for us.

The center of the board says..."Dream Casting...This will be my reality...Accepting myself and loving my body in the journey!I am strong and growing in so many directions! I will learn to listen to my body and treat it with respect!"

This picture didn't fit on the board...it is attached at the bottom, but didn't fit in my picture. I have been working on my Certificaton as a Personal Trainer...I will finish this and be a certified personal trainer. As I said early, I believe this is where God is leading me and there is a purpose in the passion and in my journey to where I want to be. One day the knowledge and experience of my journey will combine to help others in their journey...

They don't show up in the picture, but there are some random words on the board...
Worth it
Consistency
support
faith
Prayer
Be real!

So there you have it, my vision board for the the upcoming year!

Strong and Courageous!

Today started very early for me. I was up at 4am to take a friend to the airport...it was a trade off...I took him to the airport and I get to keep his van...this could help with the moving process starting this week...I got back home and decided to get that run in this morning...it was already hot and sticky...

I put on running shorts, a sports bra (crop top) and a t-shirt...I grabbed my I-pod and started out the door...did I mention it was hot? I started to turn around and go back inside, then I thought I could lose the t-shirt...it would help...nay run with the t-shirt...nope too hot...the issue...I don't like to show my tummy. In part it is about how I was raised, in part it is the part of my body I like the least and I pefer to keep it hid...I tend to wear loose fitting tops and it is covered... I do realize this may seem silly to many of you to struggle with this...

I finally decided that I would lose the t-shirt and run. Do I think I am all that? NO! I was very uncomfortable at first. My body is changing, but it is not as lean as I want it, my belly is not flat...my arms still jiggle some...my body is not where I want it to be, but it is not where it used to be either. I am running half marathons, doing 120 pushups in 12 minutes with other exercises...I am strong...I am a work in progress, but part of that work is accepting myself and my body in the journey...it is not over because I am okay with where I am...I still have goals of where I want to go, but for today, I chose to accept my body, wear a crop top and shorts for a run and by the time I headed home, a friend stop to chat and I didn't even think about what I was wearing or what she was thinking...I felt strong...I had ran 3.5 miles in 32 minutes...I was proud of what my body can do! I am proud of what my body can do and I am going to figure out how to love my body in the process of this journey, to make peace with what is.

I have made good choices with food today, ate clean and drank my water. I am letting myself acknowledge and feel what I feel and sharing those things with a trusted friend..

I am strong and couragous!

Trying To Move Forward

As most of you know things have been very stressful for me lately...that doesn't seem to be changing anytime soon, so I need to change how I cope with it. I need to look at what the situation is and figure out what I can control and what I can't.

Right now, money is so very tight with the move that getting a car is going to have to wait. This means that what I do needs to happen at home or close to home...

The move is set to be August 13, may be able to start moving some stuff in later today! Basicly everything is packed that can be packed and we are ready to go...so not too much left to do around here to get ready...

I do still very overwhelmed by all of this, but I am trying to find the positive in things...the new place is small, but I love the location...great areas to run and ride in, woods behind me and a pond in the center of the community...it will be awesome...

With money as tight as it is, the Tri is going on hold...so I need to find a goal to be working toward in the mean time....it is how I focus...

I have been thinking..marathon? training for a later Tri? I don't know maybe both, but for now my goal is going to be to make peace with where I am and what I can do right now...

Time to get real...I haven't been working out much for a couple of weeks now...this all hit and I got sidetracked...I was emotionally drained and tired physically...so I got slack...this fed into feeling really not good about myself...along with not working out, nutrition went out the window...either not eating enough or eating junk...it is time to put a stop to this!

The plan is to get the nutrition back in line...back to basicly clean eating, 5 times a day, drinking my water and listening to my body.

Workout wise, I am giving myself some break until after the move. I was challenged to a crossfit workout challenge that is 12 minute cicuit that involves 10 push ups, 15 situps and 12 walking lunges...repeated for 12 minutes...for me today that ended up being 120 pushups, 180 situps and 144 walking lunges...who would have thought you could get such a complete workout in 12 minutes!! This works for me at the moment...Three days a week I will do a 3-5 mile run...anything else will be bonus as time allows and energy levels allow...once the move is complete, I will look at what my options are for working out at home until I can get a car....

I have a plan, I have someone to hold me to the plan and I am going to do this...I will not let this crisis and frustration completely derail me!

Struggles

Many of you know that we are facing many changes and some crisis are the reason for them..The good news is we have found a place to move. It is much smaller than where we are, but someone else will be doing the yard work...I like that part at least...It is leaving the town we now live in, but not too far out and closer to the mountains...that is a plus...I am trying to be positive about this change, but for those that know me, you know I don't like change that much...

The other thing that has really thrown me for a loop, my car blew the motor this past week. It is an old car and it would cost more to fix than the car is worth...the problem it is my only car. This means I am sitting at home. I don't know how I am going to move, or how I am going to get where I need to go in the meantime...Financially we are putting everything into the move right now...trying to maintain the home we are in and secure another one is expensive and is not leaving room for buying another car.

On an emotional level, I am struggling...I love the house we are in. I love the town I live in. I am tired of the drama with the house and the owners and I know the move will allow for peace in that sense, but it is a big adjustment to move to a new community and not have transportation at the same time...as for the car, it was my mom's car. She went home to our Father last September and letting go of the car, is like letting go of another part of her...that is why I kept the car to start with...it was like having her with me. She was so proud of that old car and driving it, I felt like she was there with me...it was when I could talk things over with her...it seems like I am having to let go of many of her things right now and that is really hard for me...I am missing her so much right now and honestly feel very alone to deal with it all....

This is my fitness blog, but I really don't have much to say in that area tonight...I did swim some today, but that is about it right now...I have no motivation to get out and run in the heat and the gym is not even possible until we get a car...I am spending most of my time working on packing and trying to sort out the emotions behind this. I know I need to come up with a plan that will work for me until I can get back to the gym...

Nutrition is all over the map. I will admit that I have enjoyed being a little more relaxed about it, but I know I need to get the meals back on track...at least I can control that right now...nothing else seems to be within my control....

I am having major issues with sleep...I have a hard time going to sleep and staying asleep...I wake up tired and grumpy and just wanting to go back to bed, but if I lay down I am wide awake....

Hopefully I will figure out how to make the move happen, and settle in to the new place in a couple of weeks and be able to get back on track....

Sharing this, so people don't think I just vanished, just not in the best place right now.

Living Life Unsettled

I am really struggling right now with everything going on. Trying to find a place to move with no vehicle to go look makes it hard. Trying to find a place in the area I am in and want to stay in, seems impossible! I know with God all things are possible and He may be leading us away from here for a reason, but I have no peace in my spirit about anything right now. I have found one place I know we could do, but just not sure it is the right place for us. If we don't make a decision soon, it will be gone and the search continues. Found a house in the area, but the owner's never pick up the phone or return a call. Can we say frustration. I am feeling a ton of stress and presure to get this taking care of, but little support to make it happen. With my husband gone all the time, I feel very much alone to deal with all of it and that is a hard place to be right now.

I am feeling very stuck at the moment and since we still don't know what the problem is with my car, that may not change for sometime. Being at home all the time is nerve racking for all of us.

Fitness wise...a good bit of walking and some of that carrying a 50 pound child! Working out at home is not working because kids interrupt to much...this is why I joined a gym. Nutrtion .... don't even want to talk about it! Some how in the middle of all of this, I need to find my focus. It seems to be gone right now and my mood reflects it.

What Next????

Life is not being very cooperative today! I got up this morning thinking this is a good day! Most of the major packing done and life can get back to normal...had a hard time motivating, but made it to the gym for a kick boxing class with my favorite warrior instructor! It was a hard workout, but felt so good! I did a 3 mile run and headed home. Got home and got a call from the realtor about the home we just put under contract...the wife decided to pull it off the market and use it as a vacation home!! So we are back to looking for a place and I am stressed...I am okay with moving, but the not knowing where is what bothers me.

Decided to take some stuff back to the library to get some alone time to pray through all the emotions I was feeling....came out of the library and the car didn't want to start, but it did. As I started home, I noticed it was making a funny pinging noise....then it started losing power. By the grace of God it made it to where I could safely get it off the road and leave it before it died...I had to walk home with the library books and movies...More stress!

Got home to a sick child...fever and tummy ache!! It is probably nothing but a tummy bug, but a sick, needy child is tough today...trying to focus on her and not everything else going on.

I evidently hit my burnt hand on something somewhere in this mess and popped a blister...now that hurts!

So what is next???

We don't know what is wrong with the car for sure or how long it will take to fix, so I am stuck at home...no way to look for a place to move but the computer...finding some places, but really nothing in the area I live in and want to stay in...I don't want to move away from here. I do have a couple of friends that I can count on here...I don't want to have to start over somewhere else!
I am stuck at home, no way to hit the gym, my daughter is gone to a friend's so no sitter to be able to leave to run/ride....

To say the least, nutrition has sucked today! I don't even want to think about it...

I did get motivated and brought my treadmill, step, hand weights and kettle bell in from the building, thinking I can maybe workout tomorrow. I set it up in what used to be our dinning room (before we started packing). I moved the big table to the side and set everything up...thinking I can run intervals on the mill and then do a powewr hour style workout or a boot camp training while I am stuck at home....It is a matter of will my now feeling better 5 year old cooperate with that tomorrow...we will see...at least I have a plan and I am going to try.

Mind, Body and Spirit!

There is so much that I love about my gym. I workout/train at our YMCA. The YMCA is a Christ centered gym with the goal being to promote a healthy mind, body and spirit! I love this aspect of my gym. Most places focus on the body alone, but to truly be healthy we have to have balance in all three.

When you walk into my gym, it is like walking into a friend's house...everybody is friendly and supportive from the front desk staff or the trainers and instructors. People know you by name and want to know what you are doing and how you are doing...goals and dreams are encouraged and assitance if availiable. The classes are challenging, but fun..you will laugh and cry in the same class, but come out knowing you have worked your body, relieved some stress and had a moment to reflect on the awesomeness of our God! I love this! I look forward to the thought and verse that is read at the end of classes!

Starting Monday, my gym is starting a new challenge...Mind, Body and Spirit Challenge. You have to track weekly on a board at the gym what you have done for the Mind, the Body and the SPirit. You have to workout for 2.5 hours a week and then complete challenges in the other areas...if you read my blog and follow my workouts, you know that most days I work out close to 2.5 hours so that is not the challenge for me. I am taking on this challenge to focus more on my mind and spirit...

True health is a balance and I don't believe I can say I am a healthy, fit person when the focus is just the body...so for this challenge I will be making time to deal with feelings and emotions, challenge my mind in new learning adventures and spending time daily with my God in worship, prayer and/or Bible study.

I am not dropping my other challenges to do this, I am incorperating them all together...

My personal summer challenge was to try new things and push my body to a new place. I have and am doing this...I have added zumba, cardio dance, kick boxing, power hour, swimming and cycling to my workouts this summer. I will continue to find new ways to challenge myself through out the summer.

FabFit Challenge is for me about getting my nutrition where it needs to be for me. I am working on this by finding what I enjoy eating that works to fuel my body effectively and allows me to eat enough to support what I am doing in workouts...To continure my Tri Training.

The the Mind, Body, Spirit challenge will be more about challenging my mind and spirit...

All three challenges work together and are running the rest of the summer.

I am in the middle of packing and preparing for a move within the next couple of months, so I am not going to say I will post daily, but I will blog as often as I can about where I am at and what I am doing...maybe daily at times...just depends on the time I have to work on it...

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass… it’s learning to dance in the rain.”

Summer Challenge Day 30

Today has been crazy busy. I managed a ride of 15 miles today and cardio dance for 1 hour...I spent about four hours packing, moving boxes to the room we are packing the stuff in until we move and hauling off junk! I am so tired tonight...eating was clean today, but a little lower than usual for me...partly just because I was so busy I didn't even think about snacks..

One fun thing today...made my day, my 5 year old passed her level one swim test and got her yellow band. It means that she can be on the kiddie side of the pool without me! She had to swim about 12.5 yards, float on her back and her stomach to do this...Her swim instructor, Brittany was determined that she was going to do this. She worked really hard to make sure that Autumn could do it and Autumn and I practiced a ton. Four weeks ago Autumn would not even put her face in the water, now she jumps in the deep in and swims!! It is awesome to see this progress and the confidence she has in her self!

Autumn and Brittany after she got her band.

Autumn after her victory swim!

This is a small thing to us, but like a medal to my baby! She is so excited and can't wait to hit the pool tomorrow!

While we are in the process of preparing for the move, I am going to be focusing on my tri training and doing whatever I can beyond that. I don't want to not do anything and i still have the goal of the tri. I don't want to give that up...whatever else I can fit in or need to fit in to help with the stress I will...

Summer Challenge Days 28-29

Yesterday as an awesome day! I didn't do my plan work out, but got to do some Marine PT! It was fun and challenging. I loved it!! My son and his fiance announced their wedding date! August 11, 2012....so excited and blessed to have my son so in love and loved by such an awesome young woman!

Today...great workout...ran 5 miles including 3 on the trail...I love trail running...then did a zumba class with the new instructor...it was fun and I really enjoyed it!

Then it went down hill...found out we are going to have to move in the next couple of months and it is not our choice or anything that we did.

Stress levels are high right now!!

Eating was clean yesterday and up until tonight it was today...grabbed a couple of cookies, then had a friend pop up and chat me down a little...fed one to the dog...so not horrible and I will survive!

Summer Challenge Day 28

Okay today has been awesome....let's start with nutrition...
Breakfast: Kashi cereal with milk and blueberries, 1/2 apple

sorry this one is blurred...

Snack after morning workout was a chocolate whey protien shake made with soy milk...

Lunch: Tuna Salad (Tuna, onion, 1 boiled egg, tomato, mushrooms, carrots and olive oil), 1/2 apple

Afternoon Snack: Strawberries and nuts

Snack between Power Hour workout and Zumba: 1 banana

Dinner:Chicken, sweet potato and asparagus

Drank around 100 oz of water...

Workouts today:
Run: 3 miles in 28 minutes (It was HOT!)
Swim: .25+ miles (great way to cool it off!)
Power hour: Let me explain this crazy hour workout!
after warming up by jumping rope
3 circuits doing a 10-1 count...4 exercises each
Circuit 1: push ups 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4,3, 2, 1, wood chops 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, shoulder press 10, 9, 8,7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, jump squats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
The other 2 circuits followed this pattern.
Circuit 2: diamond hand push ups, t-arm extensions (You are in almost a side plank using your legs side to side for support, taking the weight from the opposite side under you to straight up above your side---reps performed on each side!), back flyes, high knee jumps.
Circuit 3: knee up push ups, kickbacks, bent over rows, jumping lunges.
following this was an ab workout and cool down..

Then I turned around and did a 50 min. Zumba class!
I am now tired!!!!

My discovery today: I am stronger than I thought and I can push my body way further than I ever thought! I have stayed away from this power hour class. I know this instructor from kickboxing. I knew she was tough and pushes hard..I had thought I couldn't do it...let alone follow it with a Zumba class! When she invited me check out this class, I decided to and I loved it!

I also discovered that I can listen to my husband vent about his drama without letting it become my drama! It doesn't have to effect me!!

This challenge is off with a bang and I am excited!

Summer Challenge Days 26 and 27

Okay...this sporadic blogging needs to stop! I really need to use this to stay focused on goals!! My challenge this summer was to try some new stuff! In the first month of this challenge I have added Tri training, kickboxing, zumba and cardio dance. I have gone to three days of full body workouts and added cycling and swimming 3 days a week to my running 3-4 days! I am loving the mix up!! My body loves the mix up of activites and has responded with weight and inches loss!

I have focused a lot on my workouts, now it is time to focus on the nutrition...I am going to go back to posting my pics of meals...hey...you can scroll through them if you need to! I need the accountability of eating the right foods at least 90% of the time...I am realistic and know with summer there will be cookouts and stuff where I will eat what is served, but as long as I am in control of the choices, it will be clean, healthy foods...

We are starting a new challenge on my Fab Fit team on FB and my goals for that are
1. Get my nutrition where it needs to be with clean, healthy foods...I need to fuel my body with good fuel for the workouts I do...

2. Add more definition to my muscles...I want toned muscles, not big muscles...hey I am an endurance athelete...this should result in lower body fat and inches loss..

3. To discover just what my body is capable of and be comfortable in my own skin...

I will continue to blog and plan to on a daily basis about workouts, nutrition and share any discoveries I make along the way...

Let the challenge begin!

Summer Challenge Days 23-25

I know it has been a few days...things have been a little crazy for me and I have been trying to deal with some mental obstacles in my journey...I needed the time to journal and process through some stuff...but I am still on this journey...Many times we make it all about working out and our diets, but the mental stuff can be the biggest hurdle...glad I found a friend that I could open up to some and let some stuff come out...is it over...probably not, but I am in a better place...

Workouts this week have been intense...my usual routines of kick boxing and zumba, full body weight workouts and tri training. The tri training is fun! I really enjoy mixing up the three events and even trained in all three one day this week...Right now I am keeping runs on the shorter side and working on speed, cycling is up to 15 miles in about 40 minutes and I actually amazed myself swimming and completed pool lengths in about 30 sec! Maybe not fast for some, but for me that was amazing! Swimming is my weak link in this, so I am spending more time in the pool than anywhere right now...

Aparently my body likes the mix up in activity as much as my mind...I remeasured this week as I gear up for a challenge with my Fabulous Fitness team and had lost 3.5 pounds and 3.5 inches since June 12! I was really pleased with this...my goal isn't weight loss, but can't help but smile at the loss!

This is really amazing because nutrition has been all over the map recently, from not eating enough to eating the wrong foods...I am working on this and I think that is going to be a focus of the next part of this challenge...

The goal will be to get back to clean eating and to eat enough to support the level of exercise I am doing...

I can tell on days like last night when I was doing cardio dance, that I am not fueling my body as it needs...this has got to change...

My goal is health and that has to include proper nutrition...nutrition is 80% of the equation according to Tosca Reno...so if I can get the nutrition back on track...I can only imagine what this body can do!

Summer Challenge Day 22

Today has been a good day workout wise...a kick butt kickboxing class from my favorite kickboxing instructor! She told me before class she didn't feel well...trust me, you wouldn't have known it in class!! The only down thing is on Tuesdays I have to cut out a little early to get my youngest to swim lessons, but it is still a very intense workout and I love every minute of it! It feels good to feel strong and tough!

Little one had swim lesson and is working on breathing as she swims...this one is hard to teach, because I don't do it well...so we are learning together! FUN!

This evening I headed back to the gym for full body st workout...really focusing more on upper body since most of my classes, cycling and running attack my legs...did some push ups and dips as a part of this workout...taking some suggestions from a friend to help build up my upper body for the swim portion of my upcoming Tri....also did chest press, bi curls, tri ext, lat pulls, back rows, upright rows, Tri press, leg press and leg curls....it was a much needed workout...used semi light weights and moved from set to set...so it was some cardio as well...

Came home and went for an easy 10 mile ride. I had thought about riding to the gym and back for my st workout, but with storms coming and the time of day being high traffic decided against it...I enjoyed most of my ride until my dh started calling and wouldn't stop until I answered the phone! I cannot ride a bike and talk on a cell!! Had to stop at about 8 miles to talk to him for a few, but it was a good ride and I needed the time to think today...

Nutrition wise...not a good day...started out okay with all natural peanut butter whole wheat toast....turkey breast on whole wheat bun for lunch with veggie straws luna mini bar for post workout morning snack...other wise it went down hill and I made some bad choices....really struggling with the nutrition side of things right now...got to figure out why and get back on track!

Tomorrow is a zumba, run and swim day! Hope to throw in some ab work and yoga in the evening!

Summer Challenge Day 21

Getting back on track! Got up this morning and had 2 slices of whole wheat toast with all natural peanut butter and headed to the gym! Morning workout for today was suppose to be 2 miles running, ran 2.5 miles in 22 min! I was running on the treadmill using intervals but not going all the way to a walk...this was fun and a really good workout. After my run, I headed to the pool for a nice swim...trying to find a base on swimming...250 meters...really not sure of the time...had several interruptions...that is the only thing about swimming at the gym...we have only one lap lane and the pool is always open for rec swim and lap swim at the same time...someone was in the lap lane so I was dodging kids as I swam....still a good workout and it did give me some time to focus on breathing...my weakness...after the swim, I enjoyed a lemon zest luna bar...this was new for me and very good! I had one of the mini bars, could have eaten a couple, but only had the one with me...

Picked Autumn up from child watch and went back to the pool for play time and swim practice for her. She is getting brave and figuring our how to come up for water when she can't touch! I love seeing her start to swim!

Lunch was a banana and veggie straws...I had a greek yogurt with me, but it had gone bad! Got to boil some eggs for tomorrow for lunch!

Headed home to get some stuff done around here and then decided to take my new bike out for it's first ride. Normally, I ride my run route, today I decided to go a different route...tons of hills! going down felt great, the air cooled me off...going up...what a workout! ended up with about 10 miles...felt great and I found the perfect route for brick training with my run in a few weeks...a good ride that will circle around and end up at home, then i can run! YAY


When I got back I had a class of chocolate milk and a banana for recovery.

Dinner was turkey breast, sweet potato fries baked, squash (first ones from my garden!) and green beans...yummy!!

Tomorrow is strength training, kickboxing and maybe another ride...sure there will be some pool time in there as well!

Summer Challenge Days 18-20

Well, this has been a crazy few days! My car had the starter go out on it Thursday and it was waiting to be fixed on Friday, so I was pretty much stuck at home until Friday evening. Managed to accomplish some stuff at home, but not any dedicated workout time....I did play with the kids and stuff...so I was active, but not my normal...

I got to see my oldest as well....My son is almost 23 years old and a Marine...but he is still my baby boy....

Friday evening, I went to look at a bike I had found on craigs list. My daughter, Celeste, and I had been sharing her bike and it was time for mommy to get her own. I really wanted a road bike, but couldn't find one in my price range. I came across this mountain bike on craigs list that really seemed to good to be true for the price, but when I went to look at it, it was what had been represented, so I bought it....I am suppose to have pics, but for some reason it will not upload....I will try to get some tomorrow on my phone and get them up...for the tri I want to do this bike will be fine and then I can decide if it is something I want to invest money in for next season, plus this gives me one for trail riding with my daughter...something she loves to do!

Saturday, we did make it to the pool to play and swim for a couple of hours, then it was a fireworks festival in the evening...the kids had a blast and the fireworks were amazing!

It was really a late night for us and today I was so tired that I really didn't feel like doing much of anything outside of going to church. Church was awesome! Spent most of the day just chilling out....

So several days here of not working out and unfortunately not eating very good and I am feeling like crap...headaches, tired and not the I have been busy tired, but drained tired...I also didn't realize how much my mood is affected by what I eat...I am feeling more emotionally blah today....you know normally I am the odd ball through holidays of any kind...I can stick to my plan and eat the right stuff...I am the one that loses weight through Christmas! I don't know if it was because I was not working out or just so busy I didn't plan, or maybe some emotional eating...but it was really not a good few days...I have got to get back on track! I truly hate how I feel right now physically and it is not helping the mental state! This has got to change...

The plan is to get up in the morning, have something resembling clean and healthy for breakfast and then go for a long (for me) bike ride on my new bike! Hopefully I will be able to get some lap swimming tomorrow as well....

I have got to find the motivation back....I know what I want and I know what it will take to get there....now just kicking my own booty in gear is the next step!

Rambling Rose Triforlife Tri Training Program

One of my readers asked for a link to the free tri plan I spoke of a couple of days ago. This is a plan geared for the Rambling Rose Women's Only Triathlon...I took this plan and used it to build my own to prepare for my tri....but for you here is the link....

Let me know if you need any other plans...I have found several on Tri Fuel and beginnertriathete.com as well...there are a ton out there...I like the simplicity of the rambling rose one to build mine from...