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January 9, 2008
Pretty Standard Day
Nothing much exciting to report from Pittsburgh today. Pretty standard day in fact. I woke up, went to the pool, swam, went to work, worked, came home, ran, ate dinner. Yeah, nothing too exciting at all.
I did have a very nice run though. The cold weather is definitely on it's way back but I got one more run in shorts in before the snow reappeared! It was in the 40s but sunny so I went to the trail and enjoyed a nice steady 6 miler. I felt good and my HR was cooperating! I've been feeling very out of "running shape" lately but I'm slowly feeling it come around again.
In other news O is becoming quite the swimmer! His goal is to compete at one of the local sprint triathlons this summer so he knew he needed to get in the pool. He's a very good runner and biking shouldn't be a problem (if we can find him a good bike of course) but the water isn't really his thing. So he's been swimming with me once or twice a week.
Now I won't lie. He was pretty bad when he started. Okay, REALLY bad. But he has been making some significant progress! And I think he really likes it too! He was doing some fast 50s and 100s today and looked pretty good. Our next step will be to try some open water swimming once summer rolls around because the race he wants to do is a 400 meter swim in a lake.
I'm pretty excited about all this because he is not the only one that I know that has shown some interest in trying a triathlon. I've been rubbing off on people! Besides O, my sister was also thinking of trying one. And my co-worker is considering one this summer. And on Saturday night we are having dinner with one of O's co-workers who is pretty excited about doing some triathlons this summer and has some questions about the whole process. (Lord help him - me as a mentor might not be such a great idea!) Regardless, it is a wonderful sport with amazing people and I'm really excited that more people I know are getting into it!
Have a great night everyone!
Posted by beth at January 9, 2008 7:20 PM
Comments
Swimming just has never been my thing. I'm just glad I've improved to the point where Beth can't double me up anymore. I had a big day today as I moved my PR in the 100yd under 2 minutes. Pretty weak, eh?
Posted by: O at January 9, 2008 8:09 PM
Hey, when is that swim meet you are doing? Maybe O can compete too!
Posted by: Dawn at January 9, 2008 8:34 PM
Hey, when is that swim meet you are doing? Maybe O can compete too!
Posted by: Dawn at January 9, 2008 8:34 PM
O is my speed!! :) But I'm sure you'll pass me soon!
I'm glad you're going to do a tri O!!!! Anyway, it's better to be good at biking and running b/c then you can pass people at the end!
Posted by: Audrey at January 9, 2008 8:45 PM
What a nice compliment to you that your hobby is inspiring those around you! Good luck to O finding the right bike to get started with.
Danielle
Posted by: Danielle at January 10, 2008 9:36 AM