After competing in this past weekends race, I woke up yesterday morning wondering what was next. I have been on such an amazing journey that I don't want it to stop, I have come too far to stop now or even think about slowing down. Since the triathlon season is coming to an end I was looking at two different half marathons coming up and then I received an email last night from Dallas Athletes Racing company which is the group that hosted this past weekends race, that had a subject line of "You Qualified" as I opened the email it said Congratulations....based on my 2nd place finish from the Disco Triathlon I qualified for the Best of the Best Championship Triathlon which is local end of the year race in November. This race is an invite only for those who qualify throughout the year at certain races based on placement in age groups and I made it! I could not believe it when I saw this email, I worked so hard for my last race and really wanted to be in the top 3 for the Athena group 39 and Under. I knew I would have a shot if I worked hard and gave it all I got but I never knew that would lead me to qualifying for a bigger local event. I was so excited I told my husband and asked him if I should do it? He looked at me without hesitation and said what are you waiting for you better get signed up and get back to training tomorrow...hahahah the best part is that's what I was hoping to hear from him. He has been my coach and rock through all of this training so having him believe in me means the world.
Last night I signed up and received my confirmation that I was registered and I'm ready to go in the Athena 39 and Under age group for November 4th. That means that my husband is back to the drawing board to create my new training schedule for the next 6 weeks, it's going to be tough with lots of hard work but I'm so ready to do this once again and compete. While my husband works on my training schedule I will be working on my next set of personal goals, nutrition plan and menu and completing a daily journal.
The nice part is that this race is in 6 weeks out and is a sprint distance so I will be doing a 250 yard swim at an indoor pool, then riding my bike for 12.5 miles and finishing with a 5K run. I'm going to continue training for a longer distance so I'm more than ready for the shorter race. I'm so excited to compete as I want to place in the top 3 again for this championship race, this will give me the drive to work even harder and the confidence to get me back into the triathlon racing world. Let the countdown begin.....1 month, 9 days and 23 hours to go....Go Team Weiss!!!
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