Triathlon Training

I think we're finally getting into the swing of triathlon training here in the Speights household. It's getting to where swimming and biking, along with running, are commonplace, everyday things--even though it is SO hard for me to convince myself that it's fun to jump into a cold pool on these cold days we're having! But, the bike rides are fun--especially the outdoor ones. I feel so fast as I zoom by the runners at the bike park we ride at (which is the same one we started our marathon training at)--even though I know the next day I'll be the one getting passed by all the bikers, haha!

And, last week we found a huge sale at our local triathlon store and Landon finally got his wetsuit--they even let him test it out at their huge endless pool, since he's going to be doing an Ironman. It was pretty cool--I would love to have one of these at my house, if only they didn't cost, oh thousands and thousands of dollars. :) So, I think for now we'll stick to the pool at the gym.


And, while I'm not nearly as anxious about the triathlon as I was about the marathon (though I probably should be!), it's hard to believe that's its creeping up this quickly on us--only about 2 more months until we do the Galveston triathlon and less than four months until Landon's Ironman in June. Crazy--they seemed so far off when we signed up for them!

We know we can do each of the three parts of the Galveston triathlon separately (mine is a .6 mile swim, a 28 mile bike ride and a 6 mile run--and Landon's is twice as long), we're really curious how it's going to be when we put them all together! Hopefully it will be as fun as everyone says. :)

We're training together at the moment, as in we're doing the same distances together each day, but I have a feeling that soon Landon will leave me in his dust as he gets into his 100 mile bike rides and such to prepare for his race in June. We'll see though--I'll hang with him as long as I can!