I know, I know… I’ve been MIA from the blog for almost two months now. But make no mistake, that does not mean that I haven’t been busy and training –well, sort of—for the past eight weeks. Since I have not written anything in a while, this one is going to be a long one, but bear with me while I try to summarize the past weeks in a few paragraphs.
So let’s see, my last post was shortly after I tripped over the printer cable and broke my big toe which got me limping for about two weeks. I did some spinning to try to maintain cardio level, but before I knew it I was traveling to Puerto Rico to finalize the details of the wedding. Naïve me thought that just because I was going to the “Island of Enchantment” I would have a pleasant and relaxing time. Nothing was further from the truth.
The few weeks that I spent in Puerto Rico leading to the wedding were intense. I usually woke up early enough so that I could run some errands in the Puerto Rican morning but would still be on time to start my day on Texas time and work for the rest of the day. The evenings and night were filled with more errands and more planning. Eating habits became nonexistent as I delighted myself with some deep fried tostones or alcapurrias whenever I could.
It didn’t take long to realize that I had to start running and exercising again. This realization came to me not because of my hopes to be ready for triathlon season, but because of my fear of not being able to fit into the wedding dress that I had bought almost a year in advance. So I did start the exercise routine again. I joined a local spinning club and took classes 2-3 times a week and also build up to running 5 miles without any toe pains a few times a week.
Before I knew it the big day had come. After all the planning and all the stress, the day of the wedding was actually perfect. It might have been because we were determined to enjoy it at all cost, or maybe we were just biased because it was our wedding, but M and I had a blast and hopefully so did all of our guests. We had the opportunity to share such a special occasion with our families and closest friends. We ate a lot, drank a lot, and danced a lot. All in all, an awesome afternoon, next to the most incredible person I could imagine spending the rest of my life with. And yes, I did fit into my dress, yey!!
After the wedding weekend M and I flew to beautiful Jamaica to enjoy our honeymoon. We stayed at the Sandals Montego Bay. Beach, food and drinks were all inclusive and we took advantage of all three. After the hectic time getting ready for the wedding it was so nice and relaxing to be able to do absolutely nothing for a week. I guess I could have taken the week completely off, but I decided to at least try to run in the mornings, so I could have an excuse to eat more ;-).
Sadly, we couldn’t stay in Jamaica forever; we had to come back to our reality and at least on my part that reality involves training –really training. So I emailed Coach Tracy from the Trizones Training group and asked her if I could join their ongoing spring training. “Sure,” she said, “and by the way, we are doing core training and swim drills tonight.” Great! Just my luck, the two things I had completely ignored since past October. (Please note the sarcasm.) Well, it didn’t go terribly bad; I survived the core session and on the swimming, well, I’m still slow as molasses, but that is nothing new, at least I still remember how to swim. The good thing about going to the training session was that I had a chance to speak with Coach Jen about my plans for the Ironman. I told her that I was shooting for Ironman Brazil (did I said that on the blog already? I don’t remember). She assured me that I had plenty of time and that I should focus on getting ready for the Longhorn triathlon next October. From there on –according to her –it should be really easy to build up to the full distance.
So there it is, the last two months condensed in seven hundred words. From here on the fun starts, the first triathlon I’m doing for the Texas Tri Series is the Skeese Greets Women’s Triathlon which takes place two weeks from now. After that, it just keeps building up to the grad finale with the Longhorn 70.3. And with that, the only thing I can say is: let the fun begin!
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