Another great weekend come and gone

Don’t you hate that?

We tried to see "Nanny McPhee" yesterday but 777film.com screwed us on the movie time(also called MoviePhone and as the url on the webpage shows movies.aol.com). I’ve been screwed up three times now using the Internet for movie times. Two times using Yahoo and yesterday using that stupid website - 777film.com. AMC theater customer service told us to use their website next time which is what we’ll do.

So no movie for us. But we ate a great Japanese Restaurant in Burbank called, Kabuki. Jake likes Yellow Tail Sushi! YUM. That’s my boy!

On Saturday Night we ate at BCD Tofu House in Korea Town. It was awesome! So this weekend was filled with good food. Which meant I needed to work out harder. Which I did starting on Friday night.

It was a great food weekend with three days of solid workouts as well!

Which leads me to Triathlon nervousness.

Just think… I came off the couch less two months ago and decided to train for a Triathlon. I ran 3 miles for the first time in SIX years. Six years ago I did a three mile ‘cheat’ around the rose bowl when Donna was pregnant with Jake. We were trying to ‘walk him out’ of her belly! We cut the parking lot a little more than half way through so I didn’t actually run it. I walked it. And it wasn't three miles. I bought a road bike and got on it a couple of times so far. The last time I got on a bike was NINE years ago when I raced my BMX bike on BMX tracks around SoCal. And the last time I had a recreational swim was in my dad’s small pool back in 2004. Little did I know I had to relearn the way I knew how to swim in order to actually have endurance to do more than ONE lap in a 25 meter pool!

And now…

It’s thirteen days before my first Triathlon. I’m cutting it real close! I managed to do 10 miles on the bike for the first time on Saturday in forty minutes. How am I going to find time to put more miles on the bike in thirteen days? It’s going to be tough! I’ll have to ride on my trainer while the kids are asleep. Swimming is okay. Not great. But okay. On Friday I did 500 meters and on Sunday I did 300 meters in fourteen minutes with no fins. I think I could do 100 yards in four minutes or less but I’m still struggling with technique and it affects my stamina. When my technique feels good I’m gliding, when I find myself trying too hard to find the right stroke, I’m tiring and have to swim on my side or back for a few meters in order to relax and get back into it. I can run 3 miles in under 30 minutes if I need to but I can’t tire my legs out too much before I get on the bike.

So… my goal is to finish this Triathlon (5K RUN/10MI BIKE/100YD SWIM) in less than an hour and fifteen minutes. 30 min run + 40 min bike + 4 min swim = 114 minutes or an hour and fourteen minutes!

But that doesn’t take into account I’ll be doing three sports all in a row. Yikes!

That also doesn’t take into account my transition times - getting my bike gear, bike shoes and running the bike out of T1, then tossing my helmet, gloves, shoes and socks off while putting my swim goggles on the way to the pool after T2.

I’m so nervous. I’ve had nightmares about not packing my gear the night before and scrambling to figure out what to bring the morning of the Triathlon. I need to learn how to change a flat tire before the 12th. And on the 12th I need to leave the house by 5:00 AM to get there for registration. I’ve had dreams of not finding my bike during the transition. I’ve had nightmares of reaching for my water bottle while on the bike and finding an empty bottle cage.

I'm sure the nightmares will continue even as I get more experience in Triathlons. But till then... I need to focus on the 13 days as I approach the start of the race!