Iron Man

Now that I have successfully ran a mile I have great expectations for myself. Matt and I have decided to do the Lazy Man Iron Man in preparation for the Color in Motion 5K. For those who do not know, the Lazy Man Iron Man is a triathlon where you sign up to run 26 miles, bike 112 miles, and swim 2.4 miles in a month. You do it at your own pace and you record your efforts. If you are one of the first 100 people to complete it, you get a free t-shirt but I know enough people who got it last year and the shirts kind of sucked so we decided regardless, we are going to make our own.

I am really motivated to get in shape. This week Matt and I have been prepping for the Lazy Man Iron Man by running a mile, biking 2 miles, then swimming about 200-300 meters. We calculated that in order to complete the Lazy Man Iron Man without working out on Sundays we will need to run a mile a day, bike about 4-6 miles and swim about 3-4 laps (approximately 100 meters). We figure if we are better at one of the three exercising activities that we can get them done quicker so we have more time to work on the ones we struggle with. I am a strong swimmer, always have been, so I will probably get my swimming done faster however I have always had a hard time with running so that will take a lot of motivation to get it done faster than the month. Biking is a breeze but it is a lot of biking so having the time to bike more will be nice.

Matt and I really wanted to run in the mornings but with work and school it has gotten really hard to have motivation and time to do so, especially now that we are going to be doing the triathlon, going in the mornings would mean waking up even earlier to go to Rexburg. But, we have found something that not only works with our schedule, but really pushes us and gives us a solid workout while also helping us get in shape for the 5K. Things are looking up! We are really happy with the way things are going.