Discovering Swim Bike Mom a.k.a. Margaret Atwood
Before summer officially ended, hubby and I went to Boracay on a quick beach vacation. Hubby biked all the way from Iloilo City to Boracay via Antique while I rode in a van with the wife of one of his bike buddies. Yup, hubby is crazy about biking and so are about 7 or so of his other friends, crazy enough to wake up at 2:00 in the morning to ride all the way to Caticlan.
Hard core stuff, I know. I must imagine it must give you a different high to travel all 250 kms or so and know that you did it solely with your bike powered your two human legs. I am proud of him. I often wonder if I too can do it, if I too can push myself to the limit, given my desire for shortcuts.
Yes, I was an athlete in high school. I did track, 100 m dash, 200 m dash, 400 m dash, long jump and high jump…but marathons weren’t something I particularly excelled at or enjoyed. Even in life, I have trouble preparing for life like a marathon..everyday is a short distance race for me. My mantra is to take each day as it comes. I have a vague view of the near future and I’m okay with that. I entrust everything to the Lord, and I go where the wind blows. So far, this has worked out for me. Lawyering, marriage, motherhood, they were all just vague ideas that eventually came to fruition when the time was right. But, I digress!
This post is not about life but about running marathons and completing triathlons. Hubby has been slowly convincing me to embrace the triathlete life. He’s struggling with his swimming but he’s slowly getting there. As for me, I have to work on all three..biking especially since it really has been more pain than fun for me so far. 🙂 Hubby’s convincing didn’t really make an impression on me until I chanced upon a blog mentioning Meredith Atwood of swimbikemom (http://www.swimbikemom.com/) fame. She is an inspiration to mothers and women everywhere. Indeed, there just might be a triathlete inside us all.
I’m hoping that this time next year, I’ll be able to share tips to would be triathletes. That’s quite a tall order but time will tell if I’ll actually be able to do it.
On that note, I thank the Lord for sports. Where else an we get a free dose of happy hormones. =)
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