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As if having my first marathon on my schedule wasn’t enough adventure for me, after some long conversations with Kim<\/a>, I may very well be doing my first triathlon next year.<\/p>\n

Yikes.<\/p>\n

Some of it depends on schedule. \u00a0I have a lot going on next year, including my college reunion (which I still don’t know if I’m attending) and a week-long cruise in the fall, both during prime triathlon times. \u00a0So it might not happen. \u00a0Who knows.<\/p>\n

But what I do know is that aiming for a tri will help me with my cross-training slump. \u00a0For the most part, I run and I lift weights. \u00a0I clearly need to do more. \u00a0Swimming is amazing cross-training. \u00a0Tragically, I am not independently wealthy, so I don’t have a lap pool in my backyard.<\/p>\n

Side note: I am now trying to imagine my backyard with a lap pool and I’m pretty sure that it would take up the entire yard. \u00a0Oh, to live in an area with less expensive housing.<\/em><\/p>\n

But I digress. \u00a0I have found a community pool with a decent membership fee that I’m going to check out this fall once they return to normal lap swimming hours. \u00a0Even twenty minutes of swimming twice a week would be a great workout. \u00a0I’m wondering if I can manage to fit it in before work. \u00a0It might require me shifting my schedule a bit. \u00a0But as a friend would put it, that’s a problem for future Megan.<\/p>\n

For now, I’m just trying to bike more. \u00a0I took my bike out for a ten mile ride today and it’s clear that I need an adjustment. \u00a0I’ve scheduled the bike for a fitting next Friday, and it’s way past time. \u00a0I \u00a0think the handlebars need to come up. \u00a0I feel like I’m putting too much pressure in my hands and my shoulders and neck hurt after only a few minutes. \u00a0But we’ll see what the experts say.<\/p>\n

Embarrassingly, I still don’t have clipless pedals on my bike – I’m still using the cheapo cages that came with the bike. \u00a0I still don’t feel steady enough for the “real” pedals. \u00a0But I’m thinking it’s about time. \u00a0Not sure it’s going to come about while I’m at the bike shop unless I can find some quality shoes there as well. \u00a0But I will probably look into it. \u00a0I think I’ll probably try to switch out the pedals once outdoor biking season is over for me (I don’t take the road bike out in the ice. \u00a0Or the dark.). \u00a0That way I can practice clipping in and out.<\/p>\n

So that’s where I stand. \u00a0Marathon training. \u00a0Tri training. \u00a0I might be crazy.<\/p>\n

Especially since I somehow hurt my lower back today. \u00a0Maybe biking, maybe dragging the bike into the house, maybe doing laundry. \u00a0Who knows. \u00a0I’m hoping tomorrow’s ten mile run and later kayaking adventure helps. \u00a0Because if you can’t do something stupid and ill-advised, why do anything at all?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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