NYC Triathlon

Less than a month to go!  Ready?  Set?  No!  Not ready.  Never ready.  Totally freaked out about swimming in the Hudson.  Not like last year when  I swam in the phosphorescent San Francisco Bay, but this is New York.  There's crud, there's debris, there's probably a dead body floating by!  I was in Hoboken on Sunday looking down into the Hudson & there was a huge log, no pylon, just floating on by.  It had to be about 9 feet long.  How would you like to swim into that?  I don't.  Maybe I could hang on it & float.

Honestly, it's not the swimming that gets me, it's the fact that the water is so murky & yucky that you can't see the ends of your fingertips as they are out in front of you.  I did notice the current is quite quick, so that will do most of the work I hope!

My bike is sitting here, in front of me, with two semi flat, ok very flat! tires.  But at least it is out of the box & ready to go on the road.  Almost.  Hey, what can I say, I've been a busy girl!  & sometimes life gets in the way of even the best laid plans.

So here I sit, typing away, instead of doing sit ups (yeah right, like I do those) or planning a workout schedule or doing some much needed work!  Yes, work gets in the way of life too around here.   & as I sit here, listening to Louie snore away I have to start making up plans to figure out how fast I can get in & out of the Hudson, up the West side & into Central Park.  As I think that's the route.  It would be nice to figure that out ahead of time.  Right?  Right.  Dummy.

Here's a pic of the Hudson from the Hoboken side.  You can see the Empire State Building to the right of the boat.  Gee, I hope that boat isn't in the way on July 8th!

Next week I am off to the city to pick up my race gear & try to get a long run in at Central Park, which is something I have been wanting to do this whole year & get a lay of the land.  It will be a much needed change of scenery from what's been going on around here.  I've always tried to do my own thing & be my own self.  I'm not in this to be the best, I'm in it to raise funds for MS, for my good friend, who has always stuck by me.  She's the best!  See you in Central Park in July!