OK -- I think I'm going to train for a triathalon. I used to be a runner -- finished the Marine Corps in 95 and ran a lot of 1/2 marathons before piriformis syndrome made me give up running in early '97. Cycling became my passion and I love it much more than running.
Anyway, my husband and I have been doing the 9/11 5K that Arlington County has hosted the last few years. It goes by the Pentagon and lots of Firemen/emergency responders/fed'l security types participate in it. We've walked it in the past. Well, this year, I decided that I would see if I could run it (my husband runs). I dusted off my Chi Running book, which I started to read a couple years ago but was too afraid to try (scared of getting PFS again), and started running again, last Monday, using the Chi technique. Wow---it works! Last night, we participated in the 5K. Holy smokes, I smoked it. Focused on using chi technique and shoot, I averaged just under 10 minute miles! Couldn't believe it because I had logged only 3 runs before the race. I felt great, too. Neither tired nor winded, and ran the whole thing.
I have to give credit to my cycling, though, as I'm so much stronger and aerobically fit now than when I was an 105-lb weakling marathoner. Cycling will always be my love and my primary sport, but incorporating running & swimming into my regime can only make me stronger/fitter all around, right?
So, now I'm thinking that Irongirl/Columbia '07 might be within my grasp after all. Now I just have to start swimming regularly. :eek: I wonder if the lake used in the race is shallow enough that I can run and pretend to swim? Haha. Believe it or not, I heard that some folks did that at the Reston (VA) tri.
