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Carolyn's Fitness Page
I didn't become active until my early 30s. While I played softball in my teens and 20s, I was a smoker and more interested in going out to dinner and clubs than geting up in the morning and exercising. After my dad passed from smoking-related cancer in the mid 1980s, I quit smoking and started swimming, as I always loved the water.
That activity led me to underwater hockey, which I have been playing since 1991. I compete in local, regional, and national tournaments, and have ...
I didn't become active until my early 30s. While I played softball in my teens and 20s, I was a smoker and more interested in going out to dinner and clubs than geting up in the morning and exercising. After my dad passed from smoking-related cancer in the mid 1980s, I quit smoking and started swimming, as I always loved the water.
That activity led me to underwater hockey, which I have been playing since 1991. I compete in local, regional, and national tournaments, and have even been to one world competition. It is my passion.
At the age of 46 I started running, and about 6 weeks later I entered my first 5K. I decided that I would run a 5K every month which will force me to continue training. Six months later my 5K pace went from 11:13 to 10:00. About 5 months after I started running I borrowed a friend's bike and did a sprint triathlon.
In the last year I have seen my fitness improve, and lost 7 pounds without radically changing my diet. In 2011 I did my first marathon at the age of 51. While training, I lost an additional 13 pounds and have kept it off as I continue to keep running, biking, ocean swimming and underwater hockey and healthy eating as part of my lifestyle.
On the subject of diets, I don't believe in them and have never been on one. I try to look at food for its nutritional value, rather than the immediate gratification that comes from eating it. I slip up sometimes, but then get myself back on track. I find that if I am working out I crave healthier food.
If I could send a message to people it would be that you are never too old to change your lifestyle, and to not expect huge changes in a short amount of time. It is a constant work in progress with backslides and progressions.
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Member Since: 3/19/2007
SparkPoints: 33,805
Fitness Minutes: 40,338
My Goals:
* Run another marathon
* Do a Half Ironman Triathlon
No definite time frame on these goals, but I'd better hurry up as I'm not getting any younger! Possibly late 2012/early 2013
My Program:
* Continue running 3-4 times a week
* Strength train
* Get with a personal trainer to pick a half ironman race and start training (Summer 2012?)
* Marathon will come after the HIM
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