Triathlete?

Well I have been a triathlete in name only.  I am a registered member of Naples Area Triathletes.  I have run, biked and swam but never any combination of the three.  I guess that all is about to change.

Ali signed me up to do the Escape to Miami triathlon in late September. We will be doing the sprint tri which is a 1/4 mile swim in open water, 13 mile bike ride and finishes up with a 5k run. I am not very worried about the run and bike portion of the event although I have never done these back to back so I may be underestimating their difficulty when paired together.  The swim worries me.

I am admittedly a poor swimmer. I can swim pretty quickly over a short distance.  I never have swam anything long.  I haven’t even perfected the breathing technique.  When I swim I feel the need to totally lift my head out of the water to breathe.  If I try to simply turn it to the side I don’t feel like a get a good breath. Obviously I am going to need to work that out in the next couple months.

I am going to officially start my training with 3 miles on the treadmill today.  Hopefully it goes better than 2 weeks ago when my ass was kicked after two.

The tri will be a nice little challenge for me.  The biggest factor is my body and specifically my knees holding up to the training.