Day 11 – Thur Feb 7- First Training at KROC Center

Today was my first visit. I couldn’t wait any longer to at least start doing some training. I went to check in my first time and Heather Walde was there. She told me that her mother, Jane Graybill, age 69, had just left the KROC Center and was one of the essay writers for the CDA Chamber sponsorship.  

That was so impressive that I called Jane today and said I would take a swimming lesson with her and would make our home available for bike riders of all types training for a triathlon as we are on Lancaster and Rimrock where you can take off for easy, medium, or long rides.  Jane made a particularly poignant remark when she said “People have so much faith in you, you want to do the Tri for them.” Heather also had a great story to tell.  She said she only started triathlon’s two years ago when her son was 13. She got so motivated one day that she signed up for five (5) races that very day. In her first one at Radiant Lake she was about the last one out of the swim and felt so humiliated but improved in the next races so much that her goal for the Mose Lake Triathlon this year is less than 19 minutes in the swim. I can’t comprehend that right now. In a sprint swim right now without training, I don’t know if I could even make twice her time in 38 minutes.  Jane confided that the swim was the most challenging in her mind also, but Lauren at the KROC Center was a patient instructor teaching her the right way to swim.  Swimming is the most daunting aspect of a triathlon to me too. 

Heather also introduced me to Kip who talked about the “pain cave”.  Sounds like he knows how to push himself and others in training for a short 50 mile race.  He thought I looked in shape. He hasn’t read my Day 3 blog about body fat and BMI yet. 

So what was my first workout like? 30 minutes on the LifeForce elliptical trainer. I did 3 miles in 29 minutes and 21 seconds at just under a 10 minute per mile pace. The lady next to me was consistently doing 5:30 and the gentleman to my right was doing 7:13’s. I watched everyone around me to see what they were doing. I plugged in my iPhone 4S but didn’t get the workout recorded properly.

After an hour long webinar and phone call out the parking lot, I came back and did another 30 minute workout. This time Kevin, Lead Fitness Instructor for the KROC Center, showed me briefly how to plug in and I got the workout recorded.  However I went to Nike.com as instructed and can’t find out how to upload the workout.  I’ll save that for another day and make a report as to how it is done.