Happy Wednesday All!!!
I’m back!!! How the heck has everyone been??!!??!! Missed me?
I am excited to be back writing, reading and sharing with you all!
What a great day to come back and link up with my favorite word-smith blogger friend Deb’s for Wednesday’s Word!
Today’s word is ACCOMPLISH!
Before my blog break, I was just beginning my triathlon training. Getting outside of my comfort zone and pushing myself to improve my swim and get back ridding a bike (which I haven’t done in over 20 years!)
Every week of training, I pushed through, worked hard and accomplished a lot!
I accomplished:
-swimming 25 m non-stop to swimming 150m non-stop;
-swimming while breathing every other breath to swimming while breathing every 4 breaths;
-feeling as if I was only good enough to swim in the rec lanes to feeling confident and comfortable swimming in the competition lanes;
-learning how to clip into my pedals without falling off;
-riding 5 miles non-stop to riding 12 miles non-stop;
-riding on the road (boy is that scary!);
All to lead up to the biggest accomplishment……participating and completing in my 1st triathlon!!!
Where I accomplished:
-swimming in Open Water for 750m
-biking up and down hills for 15.5 miles
-running up and down hills for 3.1 miles
Guess what……I AM A TRIATHLETE!!!!
The course was hard as nails but I pushed through and accomplished it!!
I have a few things to work on to be ready to accomplish another one but I am committed and ready!
What have you accomplished lately? What have I missed during blog break? Share with me!
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Today’s Wednesday word is ACCOMPLISH and I am excited to share with you what I have accomplished while I was on my blog break.
Fit Mama Meeks 
Congratulations – you have accomplished so much! Just thinking about open water swimming and clipping into bike pedals scares me. I’m impressed!
Thanks for linking up!
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Thanks!!! I need to get back it so I don’t lose all that I gained. Haven’t been to the pool or on the bike since the race ;(
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I’m so happy you’re back! Congratulations on your Triathlon! I definitely admire your strength and dedication. I need to take my health & fitness more seriously and make it a priority! You are definitely an inspiration! 🙂
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Aww thank you Ashley!!
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Welcome back!
Great job on the Tri, that is awesome! You must have liked it if you are already planning to do another! That is awesome! I would like to try one one day, but for me I have a lot of swim training that needs to be done, because well to be honest just once across my pool and back pretty much do me in, LOL
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THANKS!!!
Yes that was me too! I could tread water and get where I needed to to save my life but not with real purpose.
I really do want to improve my stroke for sure!
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Seriously, you went from someone who didn’t swim to someone who’s a triathlete. That is awesome.
My summer, however, not so awesome. Adopting a new dog with lots of issue, issues with the parents leading me to be away for most of this month . . . it hasn’t been fun. 😦
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Thanks Judy!!
So sorry to hear about your dog and parents. I hope things get better soon!
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I missed you! I figured you must have been busy with your Tri training. Congrats!! It’s a HUGE accomplishment. And a ton of cross training. Love those pics. I enjoyed my first one in June so much, I went ahead with 3 more. My swimming is awful! Does it matter? No! I can get from point A to B just fine. Do you have any plans to do another?
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Awww thanks!! Missed you too 😉
Congrats to you!! Wow 3 more…you go girl!!
My swimming and biking are in need of serious improvement but I wont let that deter me at all!!
I think I will try to do one in the winter (pool) and then one in Spring and one in the Fall.
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