Yup, I crossed it! And all goals where meet and then some. Goal one of course was not to drown and as you can see from this I managed to pull that one off. Although that whole swimming in the lake and in a crowd thing is tougher than it seems. For starters they forgot [...]
Entries from July 2008
The Finish Line!
July 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Biking · Clydesdale · Running · Swiming · Training · Triathlon · Walking
Taper Week Part Deux!
July 20th, 2008 · No Comments
Or, taper up and then taper down. As if doing this whole triathlon thing wasn’t insane enough, I’ve gone and signed up to the “Tri-ing for Children’s” triathlon next weekend. It is actually a fund raising event as well for Children’s Hospital, so if anyone is interested in donating please clink on the link. I’ll [...]
Tags: Biking · Clydesdale · Fitness · Health · Running · Swiming · Training · Triathlon
I Did It!
July 13th, 2008 · No Comments
Okay; technically it was a duathlon and not a triathlon, but I still finished. And even with the added run in place of the swim I still finished in the time that I was hoping to. My official time was 1:57:57 which gave me 2 minutes and 2 seconds to spare. Had there been a [...]
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Taper Week!
July 6th, 2008 · No Comments
I’m hoping it won’t be as hard as I think it will be! Don’t get me wrong, I’ve learned the value of taking some time off from training to allow you to recoup. But I’ve really poured it on these last two weeks and I now I have to back it way down. And I [...]
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