8 weeks down!

I am almost half way through my training! 12 weeks to go, which seems like a lot, but the first 8 went pretty fast for the most part. The weather has been warmer which has made it possible to get outside on my bike more and more. Yesterday it was almost 85 degrees here which is really hot for April. I did a 40 mile ride with a bunch of people from the YMCA and then we ran 3 miles after. I tanked on the run because of the heat and maybe because I didn't eat enough while on the bike. I drank a lot on the bike both water and "Ironman Perform" which is like gatorade but formulated for endurance and its also going to be offered during my half-Ironman. Anyway I probably should have eaten a bar during the bike...I did eat some energy chews before the run but I struggled through for sure.

I have found a bunch of people training for various of events and its been nice to have people to go on bike rides with and run with. I am finding that my strength might be the swim, which is weird I always thought it would be the run. I KNOW it won't be the bike. I don't love biking and am not in my comfort zone on a bike. I am loving the swim training and the running (for the most part). Last week I ran with a friend at the Y and I had eaten a bunch of dried fruit before running and ended up throwing up while we were running. She is a dietitian though and was totally un-fazed and even asked me to run with her next week! HA! We can leave our kids in the YMCA childcare and as long as we carry our phones we can run outside with a group that meets MWF 9:15am. Some of the moms who run in the group are running the Boston Marathon in a couple weeks!

Anyway, overall training is going well and thanks to the support from my hubby Paul who often ends up with the kids all morning or all afternoon on Sunday while I do a long workout, I am feeling good!