May, 2010
The Metabolife Triathlon Blog
In the spirit of “I start now”, our Metabolife Marketing Director, Niki Simoneaux, has decided to do her first triathlon this year. She, along with two other women on her training team have agreed to track their progress and experience through this blog in the hopes that it might inspire others to take on healthy lifestyle changes and challenges. As you can imagine the process has its ups and downs, but you will get to hear it all right here.
Niki - May 14, 2010
The indoor tri is tomorrow. I was so bummed to be sick last time that I am actually excited (and nervous) about this one. I need to try on the wetsuit tonight. My actual race is one month away and things are really starting to get momentum. I have been out on the bike a few times and am...
Niki - May 12, 2010
I finally started doing swim lessons on the side. We set up a small group and it makes me wonder why it took me so long. Everything costs money, but really…this should have preceded spinning shoes, heart rate monitor, and a lot of other things. It did amaze me that the things your body does...
Niki - April 23, 2010
This is the first real vacation (Jazz Fest in New Orleans) I am taking since I started training and my goal is to workout at least 3 of the 5 days I am out since I will be missing three of our sessions. I can’t do the same stuff, but I can run and for the couple days I have access, I can swim...
Niki - April 20, 2010
So apparently everything I have procrastinated about has some element of fear attached…even in places I didn’t realize. I went to try out different bikes today. The guy at the store told me to take them out on the road and test them out…I realized that it had been about 4 years since I was on...
Niki - March 27, 2010
So, to end the first 8 week training we have an indoor triathlon, which happened this morning. For the first time since we started training, I am sick. Really sick. So, while it may sound like I managed to eek out of an indoor tri and a grueling workout, the truth is that I watched, totally...