Day Twenty Seven: Just Keep Moving

Today is the twenty seventh day in my journey towards my first triathlon.  Some of the dates and events on the way have changed.  I will be running a 5k in Seneca on March 19th.  Then on April 2nd, I will be running the Cooper River Bridge Run in Charleston.  I am very excited about that run.  My first mini triathlon is going to be in Statesville, NC on May 14th.  Thanks Dr. Gessler for the invite, I'm getting excited about it, and looking forward to seeing my friends from NC again.  Then I am doing another mini triathlon at Lake Lanier in GA on June 4th.  It will be my first open water swim.  Then finally I am looking for a half triathlon around my birthday in August.  So that gives the details as far as what I have planned for the next couple months.

Now on to the training.  It has been a while since I have written anything on here, and a lot of things have changed.  I am running a lot now, as much as three miles a day.  Not at the goal yet, but I am stepping it up, while still listening to my body.  I think that is going to be the critical thing in this journey, the balance between listening to my body and having the mental strength to push myself at times. 

I have lost ten pounds of my goal of forty in the last two weeks.  It really makes the running a little easier.  I have made a concerted effort to eat cleaner and am going to really step up the efforts in the nutrition department.  I can only imagine how critical my nutrition is going to be as the training gets more and more difficult and more draining on my body. 

It has been great to hear from people that may not be training for a triathlon, but are accepting the challenge to do something for their fitness this year.  If nothing else comes from this training and blog, it will be worth it to see some other motivated to change their lives.  It has been great to see one of my best friends and my pastor, Scott King, take the challenge to do something this year.  There are so many others who are going to take part in different races, and it keeps me going.

I have learned so many things during this journey, but  one of the most important is just keep moving.  Everyday is going to be great, but as long as I keep moving there is nothing that can stop me.  I am committed to see this thing through, and I am so glad to motivate others.  I am more convinced than ever that what began as just a goal to keep me in the gym, will become a journey that changes my life and maybe even the lives of others.