I am now a triathlete…..
June 11, 2011 at 00:36 Leave a comment
Well, I got out of my long distance running comfort and did what I never thought I’d do. I swam, I biked and then…and only then… I ran. In that exact order.
Now – for a gal who’s used to running straight for a little over 3 hours covering 26.2 miles, this was quite a change of pace for me. I mean – gosh – I got to actually STOP and change my sport just when I was about to get tired and maybe even bored . Super cool.
Especially considering I trained for this event for a whopping 2 ½ weeks, swam only 4 times in the last 3+years, practiced that transition thingie from and to each new discipline only 2 times…….wow (and please don’t ever train like that….). I finished and thought, well gosh, Patti, look what you just accomplished? You totally rock. No training. And then, of course, the insane thought occurred – Yes, I think….I need to do a longer one indeed. If I train for double that time, I should win!!
Being the athlete that I am…..I know darn well that’s not happening anytime soon. But hey…a girl can dream, can’t she?
And now…I call myself a triathlete.
~ patti
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