little things make me happy

Little things make me happy, so many things make me happy now.  I'm a much more happier person, because I'm getting out there and living life, instead of just existing.

And one little thing that made me happy today was the purchase of underwear, sorry if this is too much information!!!  I've gone from an 18/20 to a size 12, but some brands only have 10/12 or 14/16.  I was brave and purchased a multi pack in size 10/12 and they fit!!!!  So, so happy :)

And they even passed the running test.  Wore them to Run Club this afternoon and no undies being eaten by butt .................. winning!!!

Such simple things make me smile.

I'm amazed at the good quality, positive people who I now have in my life.  I'm sure the fact that my outlook on life has something to do with it, and possibly the fact that I'm now out enjoying life, rather than hiding and existing.

In three weeks time I'm participating in a triathlon that will challenge me both physically and mentally.  It's only an enticer tri, but it's still a triathlon!!!  I'll be swimming 300m, riding 9km and running 3km.  I've been training for it, some days having me close to tears and feeling very exhausted.  Yesterday I met a lovely group of ladies from Run Club who were prepared to help a couple of newbies and run through the procedure of the tri that we will be participating in.

It was a big day!!!  I ran 13km in the morning for my long slow run.  Then in the afternoon I swam 300m, rode 3km, ran 1.5km, rode 6km and ran 1km ................. I was STUFFED!!!!

Even though I was exhausted, it was a great feeling of accomplishment, and I'm very thankful to the lovely ladies, who helped, encouraged and made us all laugh.

And I was brave enough to wear my one piece tri suit and didn't feel one bit self conscious about it ............. yay me!!! LOL

ps, if you feel like you could spare a couple of dollars, here's my fundraising page;

Pinkie Tri donation page

Now for a story :)

I used to go to Rouse Hill Town Centre regularly on Saturday mornings and I'd look at a cute little cafe, where all the professional cyclists meet and have their caffeine fix.  It was my dream to be able to ride from home out to Rouse Hill and enjoy a coffee.  A couple of months before I started 12wbt I went for a ride with my daughter, didn't even last 2km until I was a bundle of tears, it was all too hard and we had to call husband to come and pick me up.

My goal after my triathlon is to accomplish that ride and enjoy a nice coffee.  I've just done a route calculation on runkeeper to discover that it's only 9km from home ............. easy, I can ride that in half an hour!!!

Bring it on!!!!

So, thinking ahead a new big cycling goal would be for me to ride from home out to Windsor.  Maybe stop for lunch and a drink then come home.  That would be approximately 25km each way.  The map I've attached starts a couple of km from our home.

Do I think I can do this, YES!!!  Do I know I can do this???  YES!!!!

Hold tight while I consider a date for this goal.  Let me get the multi stage marathon and Pinkie tri out of the way first.