Last summer my sister completed a Sprint Triathlon and I was there to watch. It was so cool. I was inspired but never thought it would be something I would do. But as my physical being improved...I knew that I would have to find out a way to challenge my body. I knew that I wouldn't be able to "just" lift weights and go home and be content...nope! I also know that running a marathon is not my thing...that is a long way to go and do only one thing...run! The thought of training for that made me very weary! So it finally clicked that I could/should do a sprint triathlon. I committed myself to do them by mentioning it to a couple key people in my life...and then I panicked...
I don't know how to swim effectively. I can stay afloat....I can probably make it from one end of the pool to another but that is about it...I do think I have the other two aspects of a TRI down pat...biking...and running...Well biking...maybe not...I need to learn how to use the gears correctly and lengthen my distance...I am doing a Spinning Class starting this week.
Anyway...just today I registered for some swim lessons...I am hoping to do a few private lessons to learn a good basic stroke/method...and then I will start my training.
My immediate plan is to alternate between swim, bike, run...until I can do each segment smoothly.
Then I plan on combining /transitioning between two segments.
I am getting really excited to start training. It should be a lot of fun!
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