Jennifer Lopez is training for a triathlon. She'll be competing for her favorite charity, the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. Jennifer spent the day with Self magazine's editor-in-chief Lucy Danziger, who is also a triathlete.
So to kick off her blog, the superstar new mom of twins invited Danziger to spend the afternoon at her Long Island, New York, home, training and trading stories. Lucy said that Jennifer is in great shape is really nice in person -- she likes to joke around a lot. We are totally impressed that she's doing a triathlon six months after having twins. Take a look:
Jennifer talked about her project on her blog at Self:
"I've always loved sports. I used to be on a track team in school. And that's probably why I can think to myself now, Yeah, I can do this, which is totally crazy! The team was a big part of my life back then and taught me so many things. When I look back on my life and what I'm able to do, it's partly because of that early training. It taught me discipline, how to be committed, about striving to win, stamina, all that good stuff.
"The sports training also helped me deal with losing and rejection and all the things you go through when starting out in show business. I think that's why I was able to bounce back all the time. With track, I didn't let anything get to me. I would just think, Whatever, tomorrow's the next race, and I'm going to train harder and win next week. And I won maybe 70 or 80 medals and trophies over those years. I should dig those out!
"Now I've come full circle. I don't expect to win this race; my goal is to finish. I'll probably end up crawling across the finish line, but I'll do it!"
