IT"S OFFICIAL!!!

Well it's official as of 12/8/12 I am registered for the 2013 Ironman Louisville!!!!! Geez,  I get chills simply thinking about it. I told Meg last night that I haven't wanted to do something this bad in a very long time. I think about it non stop. You might even call it an obsession. I want to cross that finish line! I'm one step closer now :) I'm also thinking of signing up with Team in Training for the IM. They are organizing a group. I can commit to raising $4,500 for Leukemia, and Lymphoma research, and they will provide coaches, organize training sessions, and assist with fundraising. I've heard such amazing things about TNT. I'm going to think about it a bit more, but right now I'm 75% sure I'm going to work with them. I love using my races as a means to fund-raise for a bigger cause. Makes my selfish addiction a little less selfish.

My first blog.

I'm blogging about my experiences while training for the Louisville Ironman 2013. I think more for me, than anyone else so I am able to look back a day, a week, a month or even years after I finish my first IM. I hope after IM Louisville, I am able to say I am an IronwoMAN, but I know from others experiences,  that it can take more than one try to obtain that amazing title.  It began today.  My journey, adventure, road to the Louisville Ironman on August 25. 2013. Technically it's not time to train, that won't happen officially until Janurary 28th, but I need to do some maintenance training.  I haven't ran since I run the Chicago Marathon on Oct 7.  I over-trained for that race and had a couple of injuries so,  I wanted to make sure I was injury free and not burnt out before doing maintenance training.   Not really working out for 4 weeks was surprisingly hard for me.   The first week didn't bother me at all, but then I started getting really restless that 2nd week.  But I had a soleus strain, my IT band was inflamed, and I had shoulder tendonitis from an incorrect swim stroke so I had to take the time off to heal. I saw an amazing Chiropractor that specialized in Active Release Therapy (ART) Dr. Bee at Occupational Kinetics twice a week for those 4 weeks, and prior to Chicago. Thanks to him I feel so much better and ready to workout again. I did my first run post Chicago today. I felt great. I'm starting to train via heart rate monitor this time around. I keep hearing that this is the way to train for a 70.3 an Ironman.   I also got in a 15 minute swim. Right now I'm really focusing on correct swim stroke, and ended with a 30 minute strength training session. Whew...what am I thinking :) J/k I'm so excited.