Taking the Reins

So, after today’s events I am hereby Triathlon Barbie.  I have a bum right knee that swells and clicks, sore shoulders from poor stroke form, a kinked neck from going to sleep every night with wet hair, razor burned legs because I’m too cheap to go get waxed, am breaking out like a teenager because of all the sweat and suncreen, am sporting a Farmer’s Tan that could rival any Midwesterner, my hair is frizzy from chlorine, my credit card is overwhelmed with charges for fitness apparel, equipment, and race entries, I crave carbohydrates like they are going out of style, my friends are bored with me because all I talk about is exercise, I run slower than molasses, and I just can’t stop because I LOVE IT!

I hereby promise to uphold the Barbie ways which include whining when I feel like it, being bitchy on cue and knowing that NO MATTER WHAT or WHO (yeah even if she is a rich, plastic surgery induced, exercise obsessed, bubble head) comes across your path - that I am Barbie…..beautiful and worthy!!! 

Just promise me that I can still be Triathlon Barbie even if I fall apart and have to walk my race? 

 Here’s the day today– no exercise because the knee was painful and swelled:

Oops!  Didn’t realize Chipotle was SO SO SO bad for me.  Darn husband is obsessed. I should have eaten 1/2 a burrito!!  Damn.  Oh well.  I thought I had the points for the ice cream for dinner tonight. Guess I was VERY, VERY wrong.  (Guess that explains why I feel so full)

Wish me luck in the open water swim tomorrow morning.  I’m gonna need it, because I’m scared!!!