I'm still nervous about Lake Placid. But I have been thinking a lot about crossing the finish line. And how great it was to be up there during race week. And I am looking forward to that.

I know I can endure a marathon while in pain or not feeling well (thank you 2008 Boston Marathon) and I feel confident doing a 2.4 mile swim with a wetsuit. Still terrified of the other 3500 swimmers who are also going at the same time.

The bike course is still the number one most terrifying thing in my life right now. Miles 35-65 are constant climbing. But there is a huge recovery hill after that, and you can stop at mile 56 for special needs bag (for me that will be a PB & J sandwich and coconut juice). Then it's another huge climb from 100 - 112.

Then it's the marathon. Which is all hills.... and yea actually that kinda sucks. But, the good thing is, there's a crowd and that always helps, and I can walk parts of it.

So maybe there is hope and with the downhill recoveries on the bike, and hearing the crowd cheer all the athletes on, I'll get to the finish.

Getting Excited!

I'm trying to be positive and less doomsday-ish about this triathlon. Afterall, it has been a dream for a very long time and hating it and worrying about it doesn't help.

I think the swim will take 1.5 hours. Then being conservative, the transition, getting the bike, let's round it to .5 hours. At this point it will be 9 AM. Again, being conservative, the bike should take me 8 hours. This now puts me at 5 PM. I think have 7 hours to do the marathon. On a good/fast day, I can run a marathon in 4 hours. After 112 miles of biking, it will most likely take 6 - 6:15.

I think I can finish, I hope that I can. If not, I know that I try my hardest anyways.

Great Week!

I actually worked out! I did a 15 mile run and over 110 miles on the bike this week, and did a small bay swim. I hope to do a few 80 milers on the bike before going to LP. If I can do that, and swim 2-3000 yards a week, I think I'll be okay. Will I finish in under 14 hours? Not sure. But to be honest, I just want to finish, and enjoy it. That's all I care about.

Did two small rides this week, a lot of TRX, and a 1 mile swim in the bay. Feeling better and feeling better about the event too. Obviously training hasn't been going as planned this spring, but I'll do what I can from now until July 24 to get ready.

The weekend before the Napa tri I got bronchitis. Seriously I don't think I've ever had such bad timing or have been so sick in training. I take one step forward, and two steps back. I've taken six weeks off of training because of illnesses. I can't get past 60 miles on my bike, and forget swimming - once I started having problems breathing I gave up on that all together. I have three months. And I feel like I haven't done anything. And I'm just going to completely fail and not finish in NY.

Feeling better. Going in for some tests tomorrow in Berkeley, I have a feeling I don't have asthma as much as I had a horrible reaction to Hay Fever the first two weeks of spring. Seriously bay area is one of the worst places in the country for allergies. I'm going to do Napa - I'm nervous about it, it's 8 hours possibley of working out, which is pretty aggressive. I've looked back my training logs for the last 2.5 months and I do feel confident about doing the half. Training was weird, it felt like it was all over the place, but I know I can do every event. I don't think I'm going to feel good by mile 7 on the run portion though ... I am worried about this Ironman. 2.4 miles of swimming with 3500 people is so scary to me right now. 112 miles of biking is really intimidating to me too. I can 60 miles, I know I can do that, but dear God 112 is totally freaking me out. To the point where I have asked myself every week, why did I sign up for this?

Was able to do a short brick work out this Saturday and a short run/hike on the trails on Sunday. Things appear to be getting better, and I think I'm going to be able to do Napa after all. However I don't expect to blow it out of the water or anything. I'm not worried about a 1.2 mile swim or a 56 mile ride, or a half marathon. I'm just worried about breathing. Which is pretty important...