Rebecca's 'Turning Forty' Triathlon: Gotta work on that hydration and nutrition!

Monday, June 15, 2009

Gotta work on that hydration and nutrition!

Rough workout today. I got up early and did my first interval bike (today was our recovery day, but I had to switch my day off with Wednesday because I am traveling to BC for a conference). I did a ride from my house onto the Springwater corridor, then onto SE 17th, and then onto River Rd. It was a really pleasant ride, but I didn't bring enough water with me for the intervals (6 X 60 secs). I ended up feeling parched all the way home and ended up with a killer headache. I'm also challenged by morning workouts because I have a hard time eating right when I wake up...I have never had much of an appetite until later in the morning. But, I did eat 1/2 of a banana and some power bar. Not sure it was enough though. Unfortunately, I felt pretty crappy the rest of the day, struggling with a headache on and off, and feeling slightly nauseous, which made eating even harder. I am going to have to work on this a bit to figure out what will work for me because the race is early in the morning.

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WHAT YOU WILL FIND ON THIS BLOG

This is a diary (complete with photos) of my experience training with Team in Training for the Pacific Grove Triathlon on Sept. 12, 2009. I am participating to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and to get my ass in shape! There is nothing that says turning forty shouldn't herald the best damn decade of your life.

I hope you will visit often. If you do, you might just catch a glimpse of my team running with pringles between our fingers, or on the pool deck doing plank in our speedos!

Although this triathlon is a personal fitness journey, it is more importantly an opportunity to give back to the community by raising money for an incredible organization, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). LLS is helping children, families, and individuals fight the battle against blood cancer; all of us at one time or another have known someone who has struggled against Leukemia, Lymphoma, or Myeloma. In my life, its been my grandmother Virginia, a little boy who goes to school with my kids, Zachary, a grandson of a co-worker, Ethan, a sister of a dear friend, Cindy, and the brother-in-law of a colleague, Tom. Now it is also our team's honored teammate, Dean who is in remission, but is struggling to surmount the side effects of his treatment. You can help out too. Please donate to my fundraising campaign by following this link: http://pages.teamintraining.org/or/pactri09/rramsay . All the money goes directly to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and then to children, adults and families who need all the support we can give them.

I am participating in memory of my grandmother, Virgina Wrigley, who died of Leukemia.

Tri.ath.lon

A triathlon is a multi-sport endurance event consisting of swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall course completion time, including timed "transitions" between the individual swim, bike, and run components.The demanding nature of the sport focuses primarily on persistent and often periodized training in each of the three disciplines, as well as combination workouts and general strength conditioning to ensure the highest levels of endurance, strength, and power possible come race day. Proficiency in swimming, cycling, and running alone is often not sufficient for success in triathlon.....truth be told, what is really needed is an almost unnatural capacity for denial and an unruly belief that anything is possible...(a good masseuse, buckets of himalayan bath salts, and an iron stomach capable of tolerating extremely high doses of Ibuprofen are the other critical prerequisites).