A Beginner's Journey to a Triathlon
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. […]
So, I have not yet registered for the Shamrock Shuffle. SBC Coaching is having an informational meeting about their training program tonight. I’m planning on going to that, and seeing if it’s something I want to take advantage of. I’m also going to call a local gym and inquire about a short month-to-month membership. More […]
Okay. Have you checked out my SkinnyR graph lately? I’ve lost over 40 pounds since starting it! I feel great, and I love not fitting into my clothes – because they’re too big! It’s amazing. I never thought I’d like not fitting into my clothes – but that was because I’ve never been too small […]
So, last friday I had a short bike ride. Only about 4 miles, but I did it in 20 minutes – that’s a 5 minute mile. Including the monster hill at about the halfway point. It was okay, but I got up late and didn’t have time to go further.
Well, today was my first workout since last Tuesday – a week and two days. I don’t feel like I was slacking – there were storms, then we moved a bunch of stuff all weekend and on Monday and Tuesday. The moving stuff counted as exercise, I think. It definitely worked me. Yesterday I didn’t […]
I only had time for a short swim Tuesday, and it was hard. I only did 1/2 mile, but I just couldn’t get comfortable in my stroke until about halfway through. It was rough. Otherwise, it was fine. 1/2 miles at a time are doable now, so I imagine I’ll do those. My next goal: […]
It’s been a few days since these workouts, so I don’t remember specifics. The swim was the usual 3.4 mile swim, with breaks at each quarter mile. The new stroke is coming along – not as hard as the fist time. The bike was better – I have a helmet & tri shorts now, so […]
Just a quick workout note – it’s late! I ran (well, jogged) this morning, again for approximately 2 miles. It’s about the best I can do right now. That’s okay – at least I can do that! I seemed to do fine – I tried to pick up the pace at the end of the […]
Well, the injury seems to be getting better, at least. I thought about working out this morning, but I figured I’d give it one more day’s rest. I have acquired a few new items, though. The most exciting is that I have been loaned a bike by my good friend Jason. He showed me how […]