Trializations

Here are my initial Triathlon Realizations (and other thoughts)

*I'm fortunate enough to have grown up in a family that bikes.  Biking trips were a part of my childhood and learning to ride a bike was like a right of passage in my childhood neighborhood.  I'm equally fortunate to have been sent to swimming lessons every summer.  So, the only sport I had to learn is running which is kind of more of a doing thing anyway.   I think this gave me a really nice ground work to go off of.  

*Biking for fun and biking for fitness are too totally different games.  My leisurely biking around the 'hood trips from last year hardly compare to trying to maintain 15mph speeds (which for the record - I cannot *yet* do).

* Apparently, I can spend more than the value of my car on a road bike if I wanted to. (but I won't - just to be clear)

*I had to buy a swim suit to do this - all I owned before were bikini's - not a great choice for speed.

*My expectations for swimming were pretty low.  So to say that I've exceeded them is good, but it more a reflection on initial confidence levels than anything else.   So far I've only been three times so I'll recap briefly:

1st - 500 yd, 17 mins, 59:50 pace
2nd - 650 yd, 17 mins, 45:13 pace
3rd - 1050 yd, 24 mins, 40:13 pace

So I've gone farther and faster each time!  ( I figure I better say that now, while I still can)

*I rely largely on the Breath Stroke, but make sure to incorporate the front crawl too.

*I've only done one BRICK work out, which is combining two sports. So what I learned is that running after biking is super hard.

The real deal training is still out a few weeks, but I didn't want to start from zero.  All that to say, I'm sure I still have much too learn.