Time Flies!

Wow! I can't believe that I'm already in week 15 of training. Only 4 more weeks to go, and it will be competition time!

I've been truly amazed at the outpouring of support, both financial and emotional.

I am really starting to feel prepared. Most Saturdays we have been having brick workouts (bike + run), which is good training for the hardest transition in a triathlon: the bike to run. The beginning of June we'll have a practice triathlon: swim, bike, run to practice our transitions.

If you're unfamiliar, in a triathlon "transition" refers to the preparation between legs of the race. As you are timed from the start of the swim to the end of the run, time that is spent putting on running shoes, getting on the bike, etc. is all clocked as race time. The idea is to have as quick and smooth of transition as possible.

My mom asked me an interesting question the other day- something to the effect of how do you change/what do you wear? Well, you wear the same thing for the entire race. "Tri" shorts and top, which are made from a quick-drying material. You wear this under your wet suit, on the bike, and on the run.


Wetsuits are In!
Last week we picked up our wetsuits, and I took it for a lap in the pool. What an amazing difference it makes with buoyancy. It does feel a bit "tight" around the shoulders and arms, so I suppose the energy you save in one aspect you expend in another.

This Saturday we have our first open water swim at the reservoir in Chatfield Park. Water is going to be cold! Hope to snap some pics of this training for an update.


Thanks to...
Stenseth & Samuelson, Ltd.
Noodles & Company