More Triathlon news

As I begin to write this, it is 30 days, 22 hours, and 35 minutes until the start of the race. After last night I now know that I can do the entire Triathlon and complete it. Last night I bricked all three events: the 500 meter swim; the 12.5 mile bike ride; and the 3.1 mile run. I completed all three events in 102 minutes. The swim took me 14 minutes; the bike ride took me 51 minutes, and the run lasted 37 minutes. These are raw times with no transition time added, so it will be a few more minutes added during the race. I am feeling pretty good about it right now. It was a big confidence builder to do this.

I was trying to think the last time I put so much time in on doing something like this and it has to have been within a couple years of graduating college. I used to do a lot of biking and I would do a 50 mile loop once or twice a week. That would take me a little less than 3 hours. That's probably 16 or 17 years ago. A lot of water has gone under the bridge, and more than a few pounds added under the belt. It is my goal to get down to a 'fighting weight' of about 230 this year.

The next step for the triathlon is to do a couple open water swims. I still need to get my wetsuit to do that though. The bay water temp is about 58 degrees right now. BRRRRR! I imagine it will be up a few degrees in 30 days, but it still sounds pretty cold.