Inspirational

Well, I am happy to report that training is going great! I have been on top of things and doing my work outs 5 days a week! The trainings have fit really well into my schedule - I ususally workout in the evenings. I have decided that I will NEVER be the kind of person that can wake up to go work out. There are SO many things wrong with that! I'm relaxed, in my nice warm covers - there is NO WAY that I'm going to want to drag myself to the gym to sweat! I prefer to save it until I'm stressed from work and then I feel great!

I have decided that I want to purchase a bike for the race. (Birthday $$-hint!) I'm saving my 'dolla' and hope to be able to buy a decent used bike by the end of March, no later than April, because I want to train on the real thing for a while before the big day.

I was completely surprised this past week when someone told me that I enspired them to do a triathlon too! I have only been training for 3 weeks and I've already inspired someone else! That is so exciting. Her name is Joelle. I went to college with her. Apparently her family is from the area. She invited Jacob and I to stay at their house instead of getting a motel. This was AMAZING timing because I was considering booking a motel soon as I'm sure they will fill up quickly! Anyways, when she checked with her parents, her dad suggested they all do the Triathlon as a team. So Joelle, her dad and her brother will each do a leg of the race. It will be nice to know someone there.

I am so excited for this I can hardly wait! Last week I dreamed I did the whole race....and then the same night, I dreamed I did it again! Haha! But the second time I dreamed it, I could finish the race because the biking portion of the race had taken place the day before! It was bizzar.

I think one of the next things I need to do is to make a Dr. appointment. I NEED some inhailers when my runs start to get longer. I took a jog outside this past week and almost died doing a mile and a half....gulp! I think that is the only part of the race that I am truely nervous about!

"Why are my toes getting numb?"
NIKKI

Happy Anniversary!

Yeah! Today Jacob and I have been married for exactly a year and a half! Time flies! No super special plans for today, I bought 2 DQ blizzards and put them in the freezer for when he gets off work. Love is in the air! :-)

Siouxperman!

I thought this would be a great place to talk about how my training for the triathlon is coming. For those of you who don't know, my New Year's resolution 2009 is to compete in the Siouxperman triathlon on May 2nd.

As of yesterday, I am officially registered. I think I was the fourth person to register. Ha! Only 300 people are allowed to register for this event, so I wanted to make sure I got in :-)

Here's the website: http://www.siouxperman.com/

I'm pretty excited. I have been wanting to do something like this since high school. This specific Tri is a sprint triathlon. Which means it's about half as far as a 'typical' triathlon.

I found a 16 week training schedule online that I will be following to a "t".

I won't begin official training until Monday the 12th because that will make it exactly 16 weeks until race day. However, I did get really excited on Sunday and I told Jacob that I was going to go to the Faith fitness center and bike 12 miles...'just to see what it feels like'. Thankfully my wise husband brought me down to earth and suggested that I 'try' to complete 6 miles. I said "yah-yah, I'll see how I feel at 6, but I'll prolly do the 12, just this once."

Haha! After about 10 minutes I kept looking at the bike screen thinking......2.5 miles! You've got to be kidding me! Needless to say, I didn't make it to 12 :-) But that's me for yah. Half the reason I never stick to an exercise program is because I like to go all out and push myself further than I should. Then when it comes time to exercise again, I dread it because of how hard it was....seriously??

So, I bought a swim suit today on sale :-) It's purple and pink (of course)...we'll see if it's the same suit I use in the race. My suits usually don't last that long......stinking swimsuit eating chlorine! I even rinse them out after each use!

I don't have a bike yet, but I hope to borrow one or have my own by then. I also need to get running shoes as I have busted holes in the sides of the ones I have.

I will be using Faiths fitness center to do my running and biking until the weather is nicer and I can go outside. For a pool I will be using one that is in a town kiddy corner from Ankeny, but on my way home from work on Mon and Wed nights, which is when I plan to do my pool workouts.

My friend Kristen is contemplating joining me. She's not 100% sold yet.

That reminds me, I should probably reserve a hotel room before they are full. The race is about 4 hours NW of Ankeny.

I think that about brings me up to date for now! I'll be back next week after my official training has begun!

NIKKI

Welcome

Hello Everyone!

This is our first blog post. Hopefully we can keep you up to date with the happenings in our lives and share some of our random thoughts :-)

Thanks for checking us out, come back soon.

NIKKI & JACOB