Starting Out

So about a month ago my boss approached me about doing a triathlon. "It's a short one" he assured me.

It didn't take much to convince me, and with a month before the race i decided to start getting in shape the event. The triathlon i signed up for was the Pat Griskus Triathlon Sprint. I didn't really know what i was getting into.

My training for the race was really half ass, I didn't even get a pair or running shoes till the week before the race, being able to go out running only 3 times to prepare my body for 3.1 mile run. And my lack of training ended up showing it's ugly face at the race. finishing the .5 mile swim in 17 minutes, the 10 mile bike in 35 minutes and the 3.1 mile run in 26 minutes. The total time for the race ended up reading 1:21:47.

Well the race brought back some good memories of cross country and swim meets from high school and i decided to start training on a more serious side. This log is going to show my progress as I train for future triathlon.

In this blog i plan on outlining my work outs, keeping track of times and distances and post thoughts about triathlon training in general. The training starts next Monday, July 16th 2007.