Yesterday was my first tri of the season. It was also my first tri since he moved out. My first tri since my hospital stay, and my first tri with out my original training buddy Missy who originally motivated me to tri in the first place. It was also my first tri on meds, and my first tri with my period (i know tmi, but it was an unneeded stressor) Not to mention my first tri season with out a coach. Needless to say, I wasn't feeling ready for it. About a week before I told a few friends that I quit. That I wasn't doing it. That I knew I couldn't. I had so much self doubt, and the voice of one former "friend" telling me I didn't have what it would take kept ringing in my ear. A couple of my friends said, ok, if that's what you want, we will support you. But Kristin wasn't having it. Her text to me went something like this: it's a sold out race, you took a spot that someone else could have had, you owe it to them t...
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