Be Careful What You Wish For!!!

My first ever training camp, and a real life coach......so exciting for me!!!!!!!!! In feel like I am 12 and am enrolled in the coolest thing around. Paying someone to actually train just me, to fire up this old bod and see what she can do, this is a huge deal in my life. I have been doing triathlon for about 7 years in some capacity. I was sitting on my couch, slightly overweight, totally out of shape with two young kids running amok, when i saw the world triathlon championships on tv. hmmmmm, that looks like something I should do, I said to myself. I liked to swim for fun as a kid, I had ridden a mountain bike once in awhile and I had a vague memory of running back when i played basketball in high school. Swim  Bike   Run. sure lets give this a try. my first triathlon was the Frank Dunn, 1.5 swim, 62k bike and 13k run. I signed up for a stroke improvement class at the ywca  and I was on my way , I started running in June, my first run was 20 minutes and i needed to walk any and all hills I encountered. I was on my bike about 5 times before the race. It was an old Canadian Tire 1987 model and my bike rides peaked out at about 18k. I did go 35k one time.
Race day was amazing, swimming in a borrowed overall style wetsuit with rips in the knees, I felt at home in the water and the people swimming on me didn't scare me. Onto the bike, wearing a fanny pack holding my peanut butter and honey sandwich(I had not been exposed to what a gel was yet)I started the painful trek on my bike, which at the last minute, I had a brain wave to use my husband's because it was nicer than mine, needless  to say he is 6' 1", I am 5' 6" 3/4. I was crazy stretched so far forward through the toughest bike ride of my life, thus far, yikes, hurts to think of it. Well, a long time later, came the run and the finish line. My best friend was last, I was second last, but it was one of the best days of my life, and I was hooked on this triathlon thing. I was still very clued out about training and also how much i was willing to give to the sport, I was , and am just so happy to be able to show up.
Time to shake this little world of mine up and see what i have under the hood. This camp seriously got my juices flowing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I feel like Carrie my coach was looking at me like I am raw meat.  I am very excited to see what I am made of. Making something for myself a priority is a very odd thing for me to be doing and feels a little wrong, but I know it is so right, and I am going with it. Making this camp happen was the best thing ever. I learned so much from the coaching, but also a lot from the other people at camp. My coach Carrie is a cool litttle spitfire who seems to get me and is ready to push me.  So, ya, back to the headline of this blog, be careful what you wish for..... I told her that i felt like i wanted to kick it up a notch, well , wouldn't you know it, I came home . checked my workout weeks and I am up 3-4 hours fro before the camp----hahaa!! either I was totally dogging it before, or she is going to see what i am made of. Either way, it is a good time to kick it up a notch to try and offset the christmas spread that generally visits my ass this time of year!!!
Nothing in this post talked about my incredible hosts with the most where I stayed during the camp, the meal cooked by a man that made me cry or the crazy drive with the very enjoyable Jenn. You can cover a lot of discussion on a 101/2 hour car ride, and we sure did BABY!!!!! All in all two thunmbs way up!!!! loved it.