Training for the Caveman Triathlon April 21st!

My mom has been posting more than me so I thought I better jump on or else! LOL

So I decided to do a triathlon this year to push my limits a little farther and to raise awareness for CMT.  My parents found a local one in our town called "The Caveman Triathlon".  We all thought it would be best that my first triathlon is number one in a pool and a smaller one.  The Caveman Triathlon consists of a 275 yard swim, 13 mile bike ride and finishes off with a sweet 3.1 run!  Oh yeah!  Not by any means a Ironman but I will do that at some point. :)

In order to train for this my parents hired a swim coach who does triathlons himself.  I cycle and run several times a week, swim at least 4 days and lift weights off and on.  I have completely cut out all fast food (thanks to the movie Supersize Me), eat a ton of protein and lots of fruits and veggies.  Cutting out the fast food wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.  Overall, the eating has not been the hard part....the training has been. 

See I ran into a little bit of issue while training.  A few weeks ago I came down with a horrible pain in my lower right back area. Basically from your lower lumbar over to the right side.  It would come and go but then it got to the point where I couldn't really move.  No its not my appendix had that removed already.  On top of that I was having pain again in the area where I had my hernia.  After many tests they believe I had kidney stones. Oh and then of course as you all know there is the CMT pain!  I have gotten used to the pain in my legs and feet but recently I am getting pain in my arms and hands.  It slowed me down for a bit but I am up and running at full speed again.

15 more days until THE CAVEMAN! 

Remember, treat everyday as if was going to be your last.  I like many others with CMT do not know when our legs will give out if they do at all.  So why not push the limits?  LIVE FOR THE DAY!

Carter Hayes
"Stay Strong, Believe"