I'm not going outside until the temperature is above my age...

So, this blog, trimacsquared, was created to keep Sarah and I in touch with each other's lives. We are going to update this blog on an ongoing basis with our day-to-day activities. So over the months and years we will be able to share ours thoughts, our passions and life adventures with each other on our blog. We are now Bloggers. 

Day 2: without Sarah. I keep telling myself, it is better for Sarah to be with her husband, right?! Brock, you are one lucky man...oh, I miss you too B! 

Sarah and I met at a triathlon event in Carbonear, Newfoundland & since then we've become fast friends. 

We love swimming, biking and running. We, tri chics, also have a passion for weight resistance training, finding, sharing & trying crazy "healthy" recipes, and we love to shop. Sarah is the more fashion sense girl out of the two of us; she always knows the latest and greatest styles. I'm lucky to have my hair combed and a bra on and if I have a bra on, it is a sports bra. 
We are both training for a triathlon. I am training for my first Ironman, Ironman Mont Tremblant (Aug) and Sarah qualified for the ITU triathlon grand final in Chicago (Sept), the Olympic-distance races for age-group athletes http://chicago.triathlon.org 

Sarah has been doing an awesome job with her off bike season training, getting coached by the one and only Coach Mick. I, on the other hand, have been enjoying "off"-season too much. 

My boyfriend, Bobby, the  love of my life, signed up for the race before me. He is doing both 70.3 IMMT (June)  and the full IMMT (as if one race wasn't enough?!) Bobby would tell me almost every day, that if I was on the fence about doing an IM race, this is the race and to get off the fence, whip out my credit card, and sign up. 

 So, in November, I signed up for my first IM. I clicked "payment" & close laptop and curled up in a ball and wanted to throw up...

Triathlon team Bobkat was born. 

I'm nervous, to say the least. 

Normally, when triathletes sign up for an event like this, they jump right into training with lots of excitement. A few of Bobby's friends who are also going to compete at the same IM, are already bricking off the bike. Me? I went on a cruise.: D I stopped swimming and running and bike every few days. I literally went into "off season". But all good things have come to an end.

IMMT is suppose to be challenging, spectacular and apparently it's worth doing again, we shall see. 

 This week, I've/we started an 8 week base program before I/we start the Official Team bobkat IM training plan. 
Today's wo, was running.

 It was beautiful in St. John's but even though it is March and sunny. Spring is no where near. -14 c with a windchill index of -25c...

Treadmill it is....

The treadmill, has  been in "off season" too, hiding away in the furnace room. Bobby wasn't home to move the treadmill out of the furnace room, so, instead I pretended I was in Hawaii. Kona training...

                     

The wo for today: WU: 15 - 20 mins progressive
MS: 3 x (2mins, with 90s recovery / 1 min, with 1 min recovery / 30s, with 30s recovery) CD: 10 mins Efforts are at about 5k race pace. The last 3rd block was hard. But the good news is the kat is back & loving it. 
Missing Sarah. 
-Kat

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