finish a triathlon

Well I had several TIAs and meningitis last year and continue to have seizures that result in annoying vertigo which make bikes out of the questions, not to mention driving…I am going to have to put a triathlon on the back burner for a year but keep training with the runs and walks and swims

Well I printed out a training schedule, got a new tire for my bike, new goggles and sneakers and was somewhat diligent about it last year, then got crazy with life and forgot about it.

Now, I am on what a very nice man at the bank calls a BUDGET and that apparently means I don’t have the money for a gym membership anymore, so no pool. I let that throw me off my goal for a while.

Then I realized I live in FL, within two miles of the Gulf of Mexico. So I have been swimming in the Gulf. There are buoys about 150 yards apart, so I stay between them and try to focus on distance and breathing and strong arms and legs more than time because I am pretty sure the pool is going to feel like a walk in the park compared to the Gulf. There are currents and waves and people and the feeling that something is looking at you from under the water. But I am staying on my budget and on my training plan!

There is a triathlon in April that I wanted to join, but I could not afford the entry so my friends and I are signed up to do a relay which makes the cost more in my budget. I am a little disappointed that I can’t do the entire thing, but I am training as if I were and am saving money for something in the fall of this year.