Hey everyone!
Its been a few weeks since my last post, and there was definitely a lot that has happened! Probably the biggest thing being that I competed in my very first triathlon! About a third of our team was training for the Desert Triathlon outside of Palm Springs. For those of us that were doing Lavaman, our coaches suggested that we race the "sprint" at Desert. A sprint is just a shorter course. In this case, it was a 500 meter swim, 14 miles bike ride, and a 3 mile run. Since I had already planned to go down there just to cheer my teammates on, I decided to sign up. It was so much fun!
Triathlons are such a unique and fun sport. Everyone is so supportive. Everyone that finishes gets a medal. Its funny, there wasn't a huge vibe of competition, people we just as excited to see someone finish last as first. Anyone that can make it through one of these races deserves the praise. It was so fun cheering all of my teammate in. I did pretty well I think for my first race. I placed 86 out of 395 overall, and 9th in my age group (30-34). I learned a lot in this race. It was a really good practice for Lavaman. There's definitely a few things I learned not to do for my race in Hawaii!
Unfortunately, after I came down from my high of last weekend, I came down with a nasty cough, then a mild flu. I'm still fighting it as I write this. I'm hoping its all gone come Kona. I've been trying to get enough sleep. Its been hard with overtime at work, and trying to maintain my fitness level. I felt better yesterday, and even went to a pretty intense training session with the team where they put us through the full length of the lavaman course. Half hour of ocean swimming, 25 mile bike, and 6 mile run. I felt pretty good through out. Though I still have a little tough time breathing. I still got through it though!
I feel ready for Lavaman. Its been 20 weeks of pretty intense training. Its been a lot of fun and a lot of work at the same time. So assuming I can be 100% again in 2 weeks, I'm ready to go conquer Lava!
Lastly, though in 2 weeks, my training and journey to Lavaman will be over...this is not going to be my last Triathlon! I'm somewhat hooked now! I enjoy being in shape again, and really like pushing myself to new goals. So I've already signed up for the Nautica Malibu Triathlon at the end of the summer!
Hope all is well! 2 weeks from today, I will be done with my race in Hawaii and partying at the hotel! Can't wait!!!
-Matt
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