That's the title on my fundraising page for Barb's Race.
http://www.active.com/donate/vineman08/VDyson

Some background - I've always wanted to do a triathlon, but they also freak me out a bit. Since I've missed out on some of the double centuries I planned to do this year, I decided I needed a new goal. I picked a Half IM tri. I know that sounds like a crazy first distance, but I have a swimming background - the mile was my event in college. I haven't been swimming regularly in the last few years, but I'm not worried about building that leg back up. I have been doing ultra distance cycling. My endurance is really good and I know how to regulate my effort so that I can finish a two hundred mile bike ride. Some of those have taken me 18 hours! I am not worried at all about the bike portion.

I am also still working on an R-12 award. That means doing a 200 K bike ride each month.

Running - well - I've never been a runner. So I'm really going to be focusing on being able to complete that leg.

I have no aspirations about being competitive in this tri. I'm doing this for me and to raise money for a good cause.

Week 1 - This first week has a few extra days because I decided to do this race Thurs. 4/17 and immediately started training on 4/18.

Fri. - First run in over a year - 2.2 miles about 25 minutes.
Sat. - Quads and shin muscles were pretty sore - Spinervals Yoga DVD
Sun. - Sprint Intervals on the bike. Shin muscles are still a bit sore from the run.
Mon. - Spinervals Yoga (SY) in the AM, rode up Mt. Diablo after to work. I only went to the Junction, took a minute off my season's personal best. I'm still way off from my all time personal best though.
Tues. - Another 2.2 mile run in the AM. SY in the PM.
Wed. - Not sore from the run! But I overslept and missed my morning yoga. Broke my goggle strap when I went to swim after work. Did Yoga for the Upper Body instead. (YUB)
Thurs. - 3 mile run, just under 34 minutes. I decided it was time to up the mileage since I had no soreness at all after Tuesday's run, and to push a little harder. The first two runs my average HR was 160 -161. Today's average was 165, with my last mile having an average of 169.
Fri. - I plan to do more yoga in the morning, probably SY, I like all the hip and hamstring stretching in it, and swim after work.
Sat. - We are working a rest stop on the Devil Mountain Double, so I'll be doing a three mile run before we head out, assuming everything still feels good. We'll be at the rest stop pretty much all day. The one we do is near the top of Mt Hamilton, about mile 130 so the riders are pretty strung out. Working a rest stop is tiring in its own way.

I'm beginning to like running more than I thought I would. Not being sore for days afterward helps.

V.