Mills’ Place Indexing Life.

Lazyberry Country TriathlonPosted by Mills on August 20th, 2008

It took 5 weeks after Ironman Rhode Island before I felt like doing anything.  Like… anything.  So I didn’t.  And then finally on Sunday, when the armageddon rain stopped for a little while, I went for a run.

Surprisingly, the run went well.  I kept it short and fast, around two miles, and felt pretty strong.  Unsurprisingly, I’ve been sore from it for about 3 days now and my IT band has decided to stage a revolt against this uptick in activity.  Even still, like an old friend, ‘the urge’ to, you know - do stuff - is slowly making it’s way back.

But like that old friend who never seems to make it anywhere on time, ‘the urge’ has shown up much too late.  I’m registered for the Cranberry Country Triathlon.  Which is… oh, lets see here… THIS SUNDAY.

While I haven’t completely ruled it out, chances are good that I’m going to be watching this one from the sidelines and playing cheerleader while everyone else suffers for 3 hours.  Which poses another interesting dilema.  I’ve already paid for the race.  There’s at least a t-shirt coming my way (a nice tech t-shirt, if they’re like last years).  Can I wear the shirt of a race I didn’t actually do?  It certainly wouldn’t feel right.  But I paid good money for it!  Maybe if I only used it for working out or something.  Hmm.  This not doing stuff is hard.

Even though Michael Phelps got me all pumped, I’m still not ready to get back in the pool.  And my bike might stay in the basement until Hub on Wheels rolls around again in September.  But I definitely feel like running again.  And that’s good enough for the time being.  This waistline is starting to get a little tigher than I’d like.  And I can’t be having that!  I gotta look good in my kid’s first pictures come March!