Tomorrow I am taking on my first triathlon. Now before you even have to wonder, I’ll tell you – no, it’s not an Ironman Triathlon.
The Ironman is the one you see on TV sometimes, and it consists of a 2.4 miles (3.86 km) swim, a 112 miles (180.25 km) bike and a marathon (26 miles 385 yards, 42.195 km) run, raced in that order and without a break.
My triathlon is an Indoor Tri at my gym and it’s significantly scaled down.
This triathlon consists of a 10 minute swim in the lap pool, a 30 minute bike in the Cycle Fitness Studio, and finally a 20 minute treadmill run.
I get 10 minutes of transition time after the swim and 5 minutes of transition time after the bike portion.
You think it sounds easy, do you? I did, too. Then I started training for it a month ago. This is a tough task for a fat dude.
But I’m up for it, and I can’t wait to be able to say “been there, done that, got the t-shirt.”
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