'If only...'

I suppose this post is pretty overdue.. apologies. I'm not thrilled with my time in the triathlon. With my bike functioning, I'd wanted to finish under three hours (my super secret goal was under 02:45:00) but as you'll see I finished in 03:01:38. Most disappointing of all was the run. I can run 6.2 miles so much faster than that! In practicing bricks when we did the 2 hour bike, and 45 minute run-- I did 6 miles in the 45 minutes after a 2 hour bike that ended up being 25 miles-- essentially the bike-run combo of the race. I did better on the bike (another shoutout to Element Multi Sport) than I'd anticipated, but the run was... awful. I remember it being awful and my grandma time proves it. This will be my focus for the next race, whenever it may be. I don't care that I will have swam, then biked-- I can run better than that. I think its especially harsh since I was only two minutes over my goal. That makes me start thinking "if only..." 'if only I went faster in transition'...'if only I were more aggressive in the swim start'...'if only I'd run faster out of the swim to transition'....'if only I picked up the pace just a little in the run'....'if only I didn't stop to use the restroom'... That's a relentless game to play. Bah!

Athlete Details
Athlete: KRISTIN OURADA
Gender: F
Division: F20-24

Athlete Statistics (*note: I tried to make this more aesthetically pleasing in a three column format, however Blogspot doesn't have the column option, and when I manually put it into columns, Blogspot refused to accept the spacing necessary to make it readable. Lo siento.)

Start Swim: 00:00:00
End Swim: 00:30:35
Total Swim: 00:30:35

Transition: 00:03:09

Start of Bike: 00:33:44
End of Bike: 2:00:58
Total Bike: 1:27: 14

Transition: 00:02:57

Start of Run: 02:03:55
End of Run: 03:01:38
Total Run: 00:57:43

Total Time: 03:01:38

After a couple of weeks of half hearted workouts that I've forced myself to do after feeling guilty about my consistent sin of sloth, I have a lot of work to do to get back to any sort of 'in-shape.' Daunting, do doubt. This is the part I hate-- getting in shape. I love being in shape and maintaining it. But getting there.. hurts! I swam on Friday and was SORE the next day... swimming is the workout I choose when I'm already sore because it's low impact and kind of lighter than running or spinning. So when I was sore after that I realized that I'm in for it. I joined a gym yesterday (the 24 hour one), and lifted for the first time since August 27th (the gym I was using all summer-- that of my alma mater-- kicked me out because I'm no longer a student and they can't hire former students to work there, and if I don't work there I can't workOUT there--l-l-laaaaame) and this morning I thought that I must have fallen off my loft in the middle of the night because I hurt ALL OVER. Then came the realization-- 'No Kristin, you're just a weakling.' Boo lactic acid. Whenever I'm sore, though, I always think that my muscles must look super defined. If I can FEEL them that much, then surely others can SEE them. However this is untrue. Haha. Man oh man. I'm excited to start working out for real again, minus the pain and agony. I miss the endorphins that come after a long run. And I think it will be a good activity to fill the idle hours I find myself with on my off days. If it would stop RAINING cats and dogs it'd be even better, because I'd bike to the gym! I need rain clothes-- ones that work. I have a rain coat (thanks to my former addiction to buying North Face products for super cheap off E-Bay) but it doesn't work very well... I still get wet when I wear it. So I guess it doesn't work at all. There's always something.

Goals for the week: hydrate, find moving boxes and get them back to my apartment, gym-it-up.