As I write this I am mourning the loss of the perfect weather we were promised for this past week-end and did not get. All week long the weather guessers kept saying it was going to be 70 degrees on Saturday and Sunday. Even for Virginia that is unusual.
I pictured myself running and biking and doing a little garden prep work and enjoying the sun. What wasn’t mentioned much or I didn’t hear was all the rain. Friday, Sat, Sun, Mon. and again today.
I was also slightly delusional in thinking the weather might be a predictor of things to come and I would not have to resort to doing most of my training indoors or endure questionable weather. WRONG!
So to keep me motivated I am going to do a Virtual Triathlon from my house here in Virginia to St. Augustine, Florida. If map quest is correct it will be a total of 658 miles.
One of the items on my adventure list is to bike across the US or at least down the East or West Coast. I KNOW I will get to do this but while I am planning and getting things into place I thought I would try to do it virtually to keep me training and motivated during this damp, cold and dreary weather.
Since I like variety I will be running, biking and swimming. Each week I will post how far I traveled and by following a map I can tell you where I am exactly ( sort cancer of). There may be days (often)where I end up in the middle of nowhere.
If I do end up somewhere that is actually on the map I will actually post a little about the area and perhaps actually learn a little geography.
When I can get outside I will and let my trusty Garmin watch keep track of miles. Indoors it will be the treadmill and bike trainer and as for swimming I FINALLY found an indoor pool to swim in and there is always my indoor swim trainer. Tracking the swimming will be the most challenging but I will figure it out.
I actually started yesterday, January 14th and I am guessing I will be at this for about 4-5 months considering I am pretty slow and my mileage isn’t where I want to be in any of the three sports AND let’s see my job, my family and everything else life throws at me may create speed bumps along the way.
Who knows I may surprise myself.
So this is a pretty mild kick off to all of this. I will make short posts weekly about my progress and longer ones if anything BIG happens.
I have a few “My life as a sitcom” posts waiting to be tweeked to keep you laughing.
Right now I need to go set up my bike trainer and get ready to rock n roll some miles.
Oh and anyone who wants to join me..let me know!
Let the tri-ing begin!
