Attention fellow bloggers: Want to create a buzz on your blog? Just mention the word "triathalon!"
18 of you wonderful readers commented on my Crazy Talkin' entry in which I contemplated aloud the possibility of celebrating my 40th birthday in August by competing in an all-women triathalon.
The majority of you were all for it, saying "You go girl" or other similar sentiments. A couple of you were helpful as well as supportive; my friend Ellen offered to do the triathalon with me and my neighbor Cathy offered the use of her pool for the swimming portion of the training.
My friend (and fellow Better U challenger) Ruth suggested I talk to my trainer, which was good advice. Krista recommended that I read The Slow Fat Triathlete, a suggestion which had me chuckling.
At this point, I'd say I'm 95% sure I do want to do the Go Girl triathalon.
The other 5% of me is still fixed on what my mom and my sister Shelley had to say. (We can always count on family to keep us real.)
My mom's reaction when I told her on the phone that I was considering a triathalon to celebrate my 40th birthday was: "In August?! Do you know how hot and humid that could be?" Hmmm...didn't think about that.
Shelley sent this in an e-mail: "Ummm...I'm sorry, but I think you have the wrong email address. I don't know WHO the heck this is sending me this crazy email!! :) I think you should definitely do a 5K. You could do that! What about the mini marathon we did a few years back? Remember? You got picked up on the racetrack by the ambulance???"
Ok, I had to laugh at that. I think the heatstroke must have wiped that incident from my memory.
So I've got some thinking to do. And some working out if I my thinking leads me where I think it will.
