I thought I'd start this blog up as a way of recording my progress as I stumble my way towards achieving one of my long standing goals of participating in a Triathlon.
This is the event that is going to catapult me into the world of Triathlons
The target date for this is Sunday 2nd November ... so that means I have a mere 69 days in which to train up to be able to run 4K, then bike 18K then swim 300m all in the space of less than an hour and a half!
Well ok ... there's no real time limit on it - but last year the slowest guy in my age group did it in 1 hour 22 minutes and while I have no objection to coming last I don't want to disgrace myself by turning in too dramatically slow a comparative time...
Of the three sections of the race the only one I have serious doubts about at this point is the running. The cycling is only 18K and I know I can ride a lot more than that. I know I can swim a lot further than the 300m required too, although I need to put in a lot of work to be able to do it in one continuous (preferably freestyle) swim rather than stopping and starting all the way. The running though... oh boy... I hate running. I've tried my hand (foot?) at it at the gym a couple of times recently and never managed to get over 2K before piking out completely... So - lots of practise going to be necessary for that.
Anyway ... I will try (tri) and record my progress etc here over the next 70 days - hopefully culminating in my triumphant completion of the Hutt City Triathlon 2008...
Stay tuned!
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