Stretch and Kick - that's what he said

I have been talking about taking on a triathlon for a couple of years now, hell, the name of this blog says it all.

I have however been a little reluctant because of what i term "my subpar swimming skills", this has resulted in me procrastinating and putting off registering for any events.

No more, I say!! I have found the way out! I didn't want to pay a lot of money to get a swim coach, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. I discovered that the Y has swimming lessons for adults of all levels and I actually joined a class last tuesday. It was a lot of fun and I learnt a lot from the session.

I will definitely be back next week for more, hopefully this solves my swimming problem, if it does I will be registering for a sprint triathlon next year and probably an Iron Man the following year!

My next challenge would be saving enough money for a proper bike, and finding the time in my busy schedule to ride for hours every weekend.

At least the gauge is beginning to move forward with my running and swimming, that's all that matters.

So, until next time, keep crushing those goals.

The year of the PB crusher!!

I thought about multiple synonyms for the title of this post but decided to stick with this after 5 seconds of contemplation.

So I'm back after months, nay years of hiatus. I"m sorry if I haven't updated this blog in a while, but as the man said; life happens.

I've been training hard for the WPFS half and only completed it yesterday. It was a relatively flat and fast course that let me PR for the second time this year!! Yes you heard me I PR'd twice this year.

The first time was the Fort Garry Rotary Half, which I crushed in 1:56, not bad considering my blowouts from previous years. Read the post here, this was fantastic and a real morale booster considering the fact that it was only meant as a training run. Only for yesterday to happen and I shaved 6 minutes off that to run in 1:50.

Now although these don't sound like elite numbers, I never claimed to be elite. I'm happy with where I am at the moment and will work hard on joining the sub 1:45 club next year, for now I'm still basking in the euphoria of leaving those bad numbers behind me....

I'm not planning on racing anymore this year (except the santa dash), and I'm already looking forward to the new year and the following races:

1. Hypothermic Half
2. Manitoba Marathon
3. Investors group 10K, 10M
4. Maybe an Ironman if I can get the swimming checked off.

Meanwhile enjoy:

p.s. forgot to turn off my garmin at the end of the run #rookiemistake