TOMORROW!!

High of 63 degrees tomorrow, do you know what that means? Instead of my stuffy indoor spin class I get to take Starla out riding for our first real ride. I'm going to drive her over to the raccoon river valley trail - 56 miles straight of trail! I'm not sure how far we will go but I'm anxious to see.

Yesterday I ran 4 and a half miles in the morning outside which was WONDERFUL it took me 50 minutes though, Yikes! So I need to work on getting quicker and running. Running outside is so much different than the treadmill.

The following are a couple books I want to eventually read. Especially the "Into Thick Air" Book about Jim Malusa riding to the lowest points of 6 continents. I hope I can get it soon!

No more excuses!

After that last post of whining, I got my bike! I completely forgot about tax refunds! WOOT! So I am now a proud owner of a beautiful baby Cannondale Synapse Alloy 6 in black. Her name is Starla, and she is my new love. I also got her two new waterbottle clips and nice shimano 105 pedals. She is set and ready to ride!

This means I have no reason to put off training. I need to swim, I need to run, and I need to ride. I've put more money into this than anything else I have ever done, so it is time to get up and go, no excuses and no regrets.  

Song of the day - Smashing Pumpkins - Starla

"Serve yourself No one else can do for you like you
And no one else fails like me
In my eyes I burn alive
Fly like a bird
No more words just you and I
High in the sky" 

It's a beautiful day

This is the problem with beginning training in Iowa! Yes, there is a negative sign before that nine. Who wants to swim in that? Not me. I went to spin class instead.

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Can't afford to even Tri...

This is going to be one of those whining sob blogs... Feel free to not proceed, fair warning!

I LOVE love LOVE my triathlon training. I mean it! I love it! However, having quit my job to be a stay at home mom has left us more than lacking in the funds department of life and the world of triathlons is not cheap. I need a bike, it is a necessity. I have a total of $0 to spend on a bike. We decided to use my bike savings to pay off a credit we took out last year that had 18 months of no interest on it, since we cant afford to have that interest tacked onto our bill. UGH BILLS I HATE YOU!

So, do I keep training? or do I find something less pricey? The biking is what I love the most, I would consider just biking if I needed to choose just one aspect of all this. I guess that's what kills me.

This has gotten me down, more than I have ever been down in the past. I want this. I really really want this, but I need to figure out a way to pay for it.  I know I wont put my heart and soul into my training again until I know it is even tangible to complete this race with equipment that I can safely use training with the little one in tow over the summer. I'm definitely looking for something second hand but  I cant just get whatever is cheapest.

Please... I need to find a way. Do they offer Triathlon Scholarships? Maybe I should just sell a kidney, people pay money for that right?