Successful Success!

I have a program! I also have a phone date with Kayleen for tomorrow night! This week is really turning around.

The beginner Ironman training program is 20 weeks long and contains day-by-day workouts involving swimming and/or biking and/or running. This means that I will officially begin the training on April 11, 2010. I love a good deadline! I think the timing is perfect...1 week before Boston, so I will be in primo running shape. At first glance, the swimming is the most daunting which makes sense because I cannot recall the last time I actually completed a lap in a pool. Yesterday, that exact thought had my heart rate and blood pressure spiking. Today, I realize that I have just under 4 months to get in shape for the beginning phase of training! This is totally doable!

Never fear. In about 2 weeks, I will be completely freaking out again after I get in the YMCA pool for the first time, my goggles fill up with water, and I am gasping for air after 25 yards. Of this I am certain. For tonight, however, I will bask in the glow of my mini-success! Tomorrow morning, I will run 5 miles.