Missing My Training Partner...

It has been some time since I've written again. Sorry!!! In the past few weeks I have moved, worked on getting settled into a new job and neighborhood, and worked on the final exam for my yoga training. Oh, and I had some acupuncture homework due. Oh and I'm training here for a triathlon which is in...gulp...just over ONE MONTH!!!

I can't believe how fast time has flown. I can't believe how close I am to this race which once seemed like it would never come. I can't believe how far away I am from my training buddy!

Kate & I spent the past 5 months busting our butts for this race. It was great to always have someone by my side, sweating and huffing and puffing with me as we ran, swam, and biked the miles away. It was really cathartic, really, to meet up after a long day of work and just vent about life, catch up with each other, and laugh. Although we trained hard we laughed hard too. Especially before swimming. Maybe it was the chlorine. ;)

So now I'm away from Kate, 2.5 hours away to be more precise, and training together isn't happening any longer. I'll put it simply: It sucks. This is the part where we are supposed to really dive in and give it our all but instead I feel kind of, well, alone. I'm in a whole new world out here. I haven't found a heated pool and can't consider spending the money for one month at a gym. I'm figuring the swimming won't be so bad anyway. The biking is a huge ordeal. Must find some good bike trails and do it up. Simply must. And running. Must find a good path and stick to it. Lately my runs have been sub-par for sure as I'm not running a set path but rather up and down streets and avenues and that's that. Hmph.

Today I at least got to catch up with Kate via tele. She shared some laughs with me about training, specifically about a horrible pool she swam in (glad she made it out alive!) and she talked about the struggles of the bike to run transition. Gotta work on that myself. Fortunately for me, I have gotten some donations lately (or as I like to call them, DOUGH-nations) and am hoping for more to spark that fire in me. Keep it up guys, your support means EVERYTHING!!! Every little dollar counts towards helping push me forward in this race!!

xoxo,
K