If you asked me five months ago if I was going to attempt my first triathlon in September 2009, I’d say you’re high or drunk. But, sure enough, that’s exactly what I’m doing on September 12, 2009. I’ll be participating in a sprint triathlon to help raise funds for the Special Olympics. If you’d like to donate to the cause to help me reach my goal of $250, go to http://soazsprinttriathlon.kintera.org/rvanover
A sprint triathlon is the shortest of triathlons. The swim is 300 yards (swimming is not my strongest suit so this is the one I’m most nervous about), the bike run is 13 miles, and the run is 3.1 miles. I am not at all concerned about the bike part, and relatively confident on the run, it’s the first leg of the triathlon that concerns me the most, and it’s the shortest part too!
I’m excited about it though, if you told me five months ago that I’d be addicted to exercise, running, swimming, biking…I’d also say you’re drunk or high. But it is what it is. I went to REI (a store that sells outdoor equipment) yesterday to buy a bike, got a nice one, spent a little dough, but worth it. The salesman that I worked with mentioned that he is a triathlete too, and he went into detail how he’s going to do a ironman triathlon for the first time in November! Now an ironman triathlon is the longest of triathlons (2 miles swimming, 113 miles biking, and 26 miles running). To put in perspective exactly how tough it is to do an ironman triathlon: A marathon run is 26 miles, you’re now adding 113 miles biking and two miles swimming. It takes the average person about 10-12 hours to complete it. A sprint triathlon takes the average person about 2 hours, and I hope to keep my time at about 2 hours to 2 and a half hours.
I’ll be back in September to tell you how it went, wish me luck!
Also, it dawned on me that I didn’t put down stats for July, so here they are:
July 6, 2009: 268.8 (-1.6)
July 13, 2009: 261.2 (-7.6)
July 20, 2009: 260.6 (-0.6)
July 27, 2009: 260.4 (-0.2)
Til next time, keep on hanging on!
