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My first triahtlon is next weekend, and I've been training since February. The water temperature in Hawk Island Park's lake will probably be around 65 degrees, if it's nice and hot every day between now and then. In other words, it's going to be effing cold. So, to combat the cold temps of my 400 meter swim, I rented a 'for-real-triathlete-bad-ass' wetsuit, which arrived today via FedEx. It looked cool in the bag it came in- getting into it was another story.
I love eating salads, but I don't think I'm that great at making them. With the recent and sudden heat, I've been scrambling for fast and nutritious sald-fixins' that I can use as a base for any meal of the day, when I'm either too busy or too hot to cook anything on the stove. Lucky for me (and all of the people reading this blog) I know a few Salad Pros.
Call it 'the munchies', 'getting snacky', or 'grazing'- either way it's what we do when we're in between meals, and it can be easy to rack up extra calories without really knowing it. The key is creating available snacks that are healthy go-to's that will kill that urge to nibble while keeping the calorie intake in the double digits.
Oh my goodness, was today awesome or what?! Did you know that natural sunlight contains vital nutrients like Vitamin D, which can reduce depression and a host of other silments like weight gain, fatigue, sleeplessness, and more?!? Did you know that being in the sun can make you want to shout questions at anyone who will listen and use the exclamation point-question mark combo more than usual?!
You may have seen some odd-looking footwear around lately as it has warmed up a bit- those funny toe-shoes everyone is wearing and talking about are part of a new trend in the sport of running and walking that is literally sweeping the country and beyond. Claims about the weird shoes include improving posture, running form, your sex life, and making you look more glamorous, to name a few. I headed to Playmaker's this afternoon to find out what all the hype was about.
I'm in Week 10 of training for my first triathlon coming up on June 5, and I recently encountered some of the most challenging and enlightening obstacles yet: 2 weeks ago I couldn't force myself to "care" about my training plan anymore, was exhausted and frustrated during work-outs, and basically had a total emotional meltdown. I then summoned all of the willpower I could muster and applied it to changing my entire mental focus for the race- and life- and turned it all around, somehow managing to swim further and run faster than I had yet to accomplish in the same week. Is it really all about mind-over-matter?
