Not Just a Beginner Triathlete Anymore
From a Half a Lap in the Pool to a FULL Triathlon in 6 months...
Have you ever had a goal that kept naggin' you to get done?
That's how my triathlon goal was for me the last couple of years. I wanted to compete in one because it always fascinated me performing all those events at once. In this past June – I DID IT!
The tale of how I got there for me was filled with obstacles. For one the last time I had ever tried to swim any amount of distance was way back when I was 6 or 7 years old – in swim classes.
As a matter of fact, when I hopped in the pool back in January my 230 pound frame couldn't even get to the other side. Slowly but surely I made it my mission to improve incrementally...taking it in bite sized chunks. Before you knew it I was up to several laps without stopping. WOw!
My race was a challenging but fun one. I learned tons in the couple hours it took to finish.
Now that I have a stake in the ground for completing the first one, I can move to improve my overall time step-by-step.
Above is my first Olympic Triathlon completed in 2005
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