No car, let's bike!

Yesterday, Jesse took me to tune up my bike and ensure it was road ready, today, I rode it. It took me all day to muster up the guts to get out there, 40 degrees and snow flurries is not exactly the best motivation in the world. Around 5pm, I decided to stop feeling sorry for myself and to do something about it.

I extended the course I usually take to jog, and made it 3.6 miles or 1/4 the distance I will have to run in July in about 20 minutes. I did ok and only got out of breath on one hill and accomplished my goal of not having to walk my bike at all!

I will definitely have to invest in a water bottle holder and a seat cushion ASAP, my butt can't take 12 miles on that thing! After just trying to walk from my mailbox to my garage, I absolutely understand why everyone says the transition between the bike and the run is the hardest, my legs felt like complete jelly!

But it's a start, and for now, being able to ride a bike is a skill that transcends tri training, it is a true necessity.

I think I can Tri...

Not too long ago I was thinking, I think I'll do a 5K, so I quickly googled races in my area this summer. I was disappointed by the lack of races, but the Danskin Tri caught my eye. I had already been running a 2.1 mile course for the past couple of weeks, and knew I could conquer the bike ride - and that's when it hit me - I can DO this.

I'm lucky that my brother-in-law is a heck of a swimmer, because without his training, I'd certainly be floating at the bottom of Webster Lake 10 strokes in. I took all the requisite swim lessons as a kid, but as soon as I feel in love with the feel of the suns hot rays cooking my flesh, the beach became a haven for tanning, not swimming. Needless to say, I am quite out of practice!

I hope to use this blog as a forum to track my progress in each of the three events, have mild whatamidoing freak outs, and to gain wisdom and advice from anyone who has undertaken this kind of challenge before. Kim and I have been friends for many years, and if there's one thing I know about us, its that we really can do anything we set our minds to, and this race is certainly a testament to that.

With that, I'm off for a run!