A Beginner's Journey to a Triathlon
This past Saturday I joined a local group and went on a 20 mile loop to the west of Madison. I’ve heard that west of Madison is pretty hilly (that’s where the “Horribly Hilly Hundred” is), but for some reason I thought that it was a different “west” of Madison. Ha. I was wrong. I […]
My Mother, Brother and I finished our first triathlon today. It was exciting, fun, hard, exhausting, and rewarding all rolled up into one. I finished in approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes, in 8th place among the Clydesdale category. There were 11 or 12 of us. Following are my experiences leading up to and including the triathlon itself. […]
Well, the triathlon is 2 days away. We had to change triathlons. When we went to register for the Pewaukee tri, registration was closed. Apparently they had filled up. I wasn’t aware that they had a limited number of registrations. I guess it makes sense. So Mom and I scrambled and found another one – […]
Hello there. I just did a quick scan of this blog, and realize that most of the posts are much the same – Haven’t been exercising, need to get back to it, sorry I haven’t been updating the blog, etc, etc. I apologize. It’s all boring, and all … a little disheartening, isn’t it? Well, […]
It has again been too long since I’ve updated this blog. I have been dutifully riding my bike and running, and it’s been great! I just rode my longest and fastest ride this morning – about 20 miles, at about 16 miles per hour. Pretty cool. My legs are letting me know about it, too. […]
I was slated to run this morning, but I rolled my ankle (again) last week, and it’s been hurting more recently. So I decided to swim this morning. Last night, though, we were remodeling the basement (tearing out wood), and I punctured m y arm with a nail. It didn’t hurt that much, but this […]
This is my first entry. I am going to complete a Sprint Triathlon in June of ’07. That may not seem so special to many people, but at the moment I am 6’1″ and 320 pounds (no, that’s not my picture up there). My exercise routine before I made this decision was something close to nil. […]