Triathlon's scheduled

Well, I realized based on a comment from a dear friend I failed to list the Triathlon's I'm scheduled for this year.

1. Tour de Kirkwood on 27 July 08
2. Wood River Tri on 9 Aug 08
3. Tiger Tri on 23 Aug 08

As of right now I am not planning on actually competing in the Tour de Kirkwood because my swimming is not where it needs to be. I started taking swimming lessons to learn to swim and overcome my fear of water. Well, I have over come the fear of water but just started progressing to taking a few strokes and do not have the stamina to complete the swim distance of 400 yards, but I'm not giving up.

Wood River Tri I can walk if I want because the pool is only 4 1/2 feet deep, 450 meters.

Tiger Tri is 300 yard swim.

Title change

Based on a recommendation from a dear friend I have changed the title of my blog. After posting on training for a triathlon this friend who is a missionary in Peru recommended the change and I have to agree with her.

PR for 1 mile on a down hill course

Hubby 2.0 and ran a 1 mile race which was down hill today. I had a PR of 8:43. It was really nice to have a comfortable fast run I don't know if I ever remember running this fast since I graduated basic training in 1990 and then my 2 mile time was a 16:36.

I'm finding the running and training for a triathlon is helping develop a since of balance in my life.

I've found I need a challenge outside of work these days and I'm enjoying stretching my mind and seeing how far I can push my body. As for pushing my body I'm learning to swim which I am enjoying and learning to ride on a triathlon bike which is really different from a hybrid bike. The tri-bike is faster and lighter.

second ride on my Felt Triathlon Bicycle

Today we attended the June St. Louis Tri Club meeting, which was a picnic and a ride of the route for the July Tour de Kirkwood Triathlon. Hubby 2.0 went on the ride and I rode around the park for about 10 to 20 minutes and covered approximately .8 of a mile before I was unable to clip out of my bike clips. So, I fell over to the right and ripped the tape on my tri bars and pushed in my break pad on the front wheel, which prevented me from finishing my ride. I have a lot to learn and practice on when clipping in and out of the clips on the pedals but, I did enjoy myself.

Training for a Tri

Well, today I had my first ride on my new Felt Triathlon bike, which was a different experience being clipped in the whole time. I truly enjoyed the ride, we determined the need to get new bike helmets prior to the next ride on Thursday. Hubby 2.0 and I were out for 31 minutes and rode approximately 5.13 miles much easier than I expected it to be.

Back to posting

It has been a long while since I posted no real excuse other than I've not really had a desire to do so. I have come to realize I narrowed the blog unintentionally my original intent was to discuss the events which go on around me and their impact on pursuing the "Terminal" degree. I allowed myself to focus just on the degree rather than the broad scope of things. I'm contemplating starting another blog to focus on other stuff I'm interested in and allow this blog to continue to be just information related to the DBA in Accounting. When and if I start another blog I'll post a link here.

Central Command Newsletter

One of the ways I keep myself up to date on the happenings in Iraq & Afghanistan is subscribing to the Central Command Newsletter. Central Command is one of the higher Army organizations, it's purpose is to manage the operations in a number of different countries view this link CENTCOM to find out more.

The newsletter this week has a great article on three Marines receiving the Bronze Star Medal (the third highest medal for war time service; not including the Medal of Honor); a Navy SEAL posthumously receiving the Medal of Honor for his actions in Afghanistan. Along with a number of other great stories of the happenings in this Global War on Terriorism.