Getting the Running Legs Back

Joining BootcampSF was an awesome choice. I hate running. Hate it. Yet I like doing it with BootcampSF. Well, like is a strong word but to be honest I don't mind it. I have been doing my normal gym workouts in the morning and then doing bootcamp Mondays-Thursdays in the evening in the Marina. Aside from the bus schedule being such that I either arrive way too early or have the option of arriving way too late, the whole class has been great. The classes are small and our instructor, Jen, is awesome and encouraging. We do running drills and pushups and ab work and get to enjoy the beautiful view and discover different places to run in the Presidio, etc. But best of all, I am getting out there and getting my running legs back. By that I mean, I am slowly building up my endurance. It has only been two weeks of bootcamp but now I am not so sore and my body is remembering how it feels to run. Does my body like it? No, not really but now I have a group that is pushing me and that makes it so much easier to train. For some reason I can make myself go to the gym by myself but I can't make myself go on a run or even a swim. In addition to the workouts being good, I am also meeting a few more people, including one girl who has done the Team In Training Ironteam twice. It has been great hearing her advice. Now on to fundraising...ahhhh!

I'm Registered...Now Time to Polish Off the Bike...

After a few years of contemplating and then talking myself out of signing up for Ironman I have taken the plunge. I have paid my non refundable registration fee and have now committed to Ironman 2008. I am looking forward to to the season and to meeting my team and of course to the race but there are some fears and aspects I am a bit anxious about namely:

1. The bike - not the bike portion but the actual "bike." I LOVED my bike when I first bought it. My ice blue Dolce Elite was so much better on the hills then the mountain bike I had borrowed for my last tri (don't laugh). And since I invested in the triple, hills were no problem. Then I had the issue with the clipless pedals (a total misnomer by the way) and ended up being thrown from my bike a few times and then being stuck upside down, still clipped in. Lovely.
2. The fundraising...Yes this is not an actual part of the race but it is a bit scary for me. $8000. Hopefully people will be as generous this time around as last time I trained with Team In Training. And, if anyone out there has any awesome fundraising ideas, please let me know. Seriously.
3. The run. I have done a marathon before. In a back brace. Now did I precede that marathon with swimming and biking. No. Enough said.

I have taken some things into my own hands such as the running portion. For the next 6 weeks you can see me running around the Marina as part of Bootcamp SF. I knew I couldn't make myself go on runs on my own (yet somehow I can make myself go to the gym every morning...go figure...) so I joined this group after reading and hearing such great things about them. So far I have completed day one out of 24. So good so far. As for the bike...I just need a bit more time.