Yes I am! I finally signed up for my FIRST triathlon…which isn’t really a ‘real’ triathlon, but it’s a start. The second annual ‘Tri at the Y’ is happening Nov 13, and I’ll be there!
I decided–especially since I’ve never done a triathlon before–I should probably do a little practicing before the big event. Not so much the individual events (a 10-minute swim, 30-minute bike, 20-minute run), but the transitions between each one. (Not that we’ll be racing down the hallways; we have 10-minute blocks of time between each event per heat.)
Anyway, today I decided I’d give it a go. Here I am, before my swim:
In 10 minutes, I did 625 yds in the pool, and would have had plenty of time to change into dry clothes, if I’d brought them with me. (I wanted to practice in my wet swimsuit in case I wouldn’t have time to change.)
After the bike:
As an instructor, I can use the cycle room solo (which is right next to the pool), so I jumped in there and hopped on the bike. I started listening to my current audiobook, In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote, but quickly got bored (not because of the book, because I was biking at a steady pace without good music). So I called a friend, and before I knew it, my thirty minutes had passed. Sixteen miles with the bike at approximately gear 11.
After the run:
I was a sweaty, sopping mess by the end! Approx 2.6 miles in 20 minutes, with my average pace 7:40. I know I can go faster, but how much faster? I think the run will be the most difficult for me, since it’s hard to know how fast to start out on a treadmill.
I had a great time, although it seemed a bit disjointed as I kept running into people I knew and chatting. I liked that no one event was very long, so it keeps it from getting tedious. For the LONGEST time I’ve been saying I should do a triathlon, so perhaps this will be just the first of many such races.
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