Well triathlon season has begun...I am happy to say I kicked it off quite well with the Red Hills triathlon in Tallahassee a couple weekends ago! A bunch or buddies from Pensacola came over to compete and let's just say, they showed the Tally folks how it's done, tearing up the course and many of them placing! I even made a run at placing in the Athena category.

Racing Athena....
I decided to ditch my age group and race with the "big girls." This means you have to weigh in before the race, and while it's considered the "big girls" category the weight starts at 145 lbs! Which means you have girls that look like me -- with a little excess junk in the trunk -- but you can also have girls who are just tall and lean and mean! Needless to say I was 1st out of the water, 3rd on the bike and fell back to 5th in the run, finishing 4th overall! I'll get you next time Athenas!

I was so inspired I've done a couple things to stay motivated and continue pushing myself this season. I'm using some coaches to help me plan my training but also hold me accountable and keep me motivated when I hit a wall. I also have a pretty aggressive season plan with an "A" race planned, which is a 1/2 Ironman.

Things get a little frustrating when you're not getting as lean and fast as I would like to be but instead of being the defeatist that I tended to be in the past, I've decided to push myself to stay motivated and seek help when I need it in the form of training buddies in Tally and Pcola, coaches, this blog, not training alone all the time and starting this blog and the Facebook Group!

It's funny, the more people you talk to, the more you realize and hear it's not a piece of cake for anyone. We all have our off days, we all hit peaks and valleys and we all have a desire to challenge ourselves, sometimes it's just tough to have the motivation to do it...guess we all have a monkey on our back!