Jennifer Lopez. T.i.thlon. Can you picture it? The new mom looks great after having twins six months ago but wants to get "back in shape" (read: lose 20 pounds) by training for the Malibu event next month. Now if she can just get her big hips into that lil swimming suit...
As to why she chose a triathlon as her training goal, J.Lo told Self magazine, “I thought, ‘What can I do to make my babies proud?’ I think about what they’ll think about the year they were born: who I was and what I did.”
She continued, “It’s important to me to set examples for them. I want to lead with my life. I want to say, ‘You should do this because I’ve done it, and I know it makes you a better person and it makes you feel great and sleep better and be happier.’”
“Working out and getting back into shape isn’t exciting to me but training for a triathlon is. There’s a goal at the end of it, something to reach for.”
There's also a story out that Jenny was overheard telling a friend - after the Aug 18 tapping of "Good Morning America" - that she “couldn’t understand why everyone is talking about that swimmer.”
According to an MSNBC scoop, “She couldn’t come up with (eight-time gold-medal winner Michael) Phelps’ name, and then she yammered on about how she was the one training for a triathlon just six months after giving birth, and how that was the big story right now, not ‘the swimmer,’ ” the source said.
Mm-kay. Jen, you need to watch more TV and get with the rest of the world. But on the good side, she's planning on donating any money raised for her race to the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.
Can she do it? Definitely. The Malibu event is a short distance triathlon - 1/2 mile swim, 18 miles on the bike and just 4 miles running. It's 22.5 miles - very doable. (In comparison, the Olympic triathlon distance is 1500 m swim - 40 km bike - 10 km run, and the Ironman Triathlon is a 2.4-mile swim, 112 mi bike ride, and a 26.2 mile marathon.)
Yo go after your goals, Jen, but please pick up a newsletter, turn on the TV, or check the 'net - and find out just how special "that swimmer" is.
