My wife made me do it

My family and I went to a local strawberry festival and had a great time. After my wife (bless her heart) read the events for the weekend, she saw that on sunday there was a 5k run/walk and a 10k run. She shows me this one week before my first triathlon.

It was the saturday night after we get home from the strawberry festival. She shows me the flyer and says" here honey, you can do this before church if you want".? I said ok, a 5 k would be a great way to warm up for the next weekend. "How far is the run in the triathlon next saturday"? she asked

"It is 6 miles or 10k" I replied. "So, why don't you sign up for the 10K?" because it is 2x as far?

"You can do it honey" But don't be late for church. You can meet us there.

SURE!

So I signed up the night before the race.

My First triathlon is an OLYMPIC!!

So I found a close to home triathlon that did not have a swim involved. I signed up and ready to go but I have never run over 4 miles to date. I think it will be fine. right?

Sorry lost my old blog and had to rewrite some stuff

Sorry but I lost my old blog and did a copy and paste for the start of this one. The dates are waaay off but it shows my progress.

My first bike over 25 miles

I Finally, finally got to ride over 25 miles today. I never knew how far that was until today. I guess I need to bring more water next time.

So now it is May, 2010

My riding and running are coming along nicely. I had originally called this my 90/90. 90 days to get ready and do the my "first triathlon" in 90 minutes. My swimming would start soon but with work and family it was harder to fit into my schedule.

My first tri was in july in San Luis Obispo where completing was the important part and not competing. I liked that Idea.

Plenty of time to get in shape. Distance would be .5 mile swim, 15.1 bike and 3.1 run. I am doing the run and the bike at those distances so far and doing ok so far.

Now the swim part would have to fall into place.

Yeah, I was online and found another triathlon that is in June, and has a...Kayak option instead. Right ON!

But..the bike is 26.5 miles long and the run is 6 miles.

No swimming though. Ok I can do this.

Riding a bike is easy but can make your butt really hurt!

I had a mountain bike I used to ride in college a lot but I didn't have a road bike. Problem solved! Put road tires on my mountain bike. So I did. Not really the same but it works.

I started to ride in areas around my house. I checked the distances with my car. It worked out that my goal of 15 miles was doing a loop up to my son's daycare providers house. (She is awesome by the way). So every few days I rode the route checking my time against my watch.

The first few times it was hard but fun. I quickly found out that my seat was not as soft as I once thought.

Have you ever bruised your sit bones? Let me tell you, it HURTS. Not just sitting down either. It makes you walk funny too.

So I went out and bought some cycling shorts $$. I know it is starting to add up.

But my butt is worth every penny. IMHO that is.

My riding is getting better and my running is coming along.

Now I know why but now its HOW

I started training for my "first" triathlon back on April 2nd 2010. I started with my weakest sport which at that time was running. I am the type of person who will research, look up, read, etc about something to make sure I am getting the right stuff the first time out. So, I did my due diligence and went to the local specialty store for running shoes. Yeah, got a nice pair and got a video analysis to check my running style.

So now what? started running at .5 mile intervals and started to increase it a bit each week. I found a training schedule online and followed some the advice.

I met a great neighbor who I started running with. It is always more fun to run with a friend. :)

NOW it is time to start riding!