No more Masters?

I skipped Master's last night, opting instead for a good book and going to bed early. At 9:30pm I remembered that Mark will be leaving for Vegas Thursday night and I wont be able to go then, and the Y is closing the pool for three weeks on Monday, which means there is only one masters swim session left prior to my event (instead of the two I go to weekly). Oops.

Lucky for me, Mark said he would stick around til I get back from Masters on Thurs, so at least I will have one time to swim before my next Tri. I guess I'm going to need to go to the local Doylestown pool and pay the guest fee to swim. But I tend not to swim for as long when I am by myself, so hopefully I can find some friends to go with me and do some laps. At Masters, this is not an issue since peer pressure is a strong motivator.

Today I plan to start my running training. I am going to go for an hour, and walk for 30 seconds, run for as long as I can, then walk for a minute, etc, etc. Hopefully by the end I will have run for at least two miles and then I will build on my distance from there. I am going to wear my tri shorts, because they seem to be the only item of clothing I have that do not chafe or ride up when I am running (outside of my long WARM running pants, and those won't do in 90 degree weather!). My goal is to make it up to 4 miles before my next event, and hopefully that mile cushion will help me make it 3 miles when my legs are tired from swimming and biking. I am also going to try the music mixes found at podrunner (itunes podcasts)that go along with the Couch to 5k running program I linked to yesterday. Music is definitely another great motivator for me.

What are your motivators?