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- By 10/31/2013 I will buy a road/race bike at entry level. - Bomonti
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Not a swimmer? You can still Tri!
I thought about doing a triathlon ever since one of my best friends from high school did an Ironman two years ago. Also, my brother has been doing sprint tri's for a while. I just couldn't get the swimming down! My sister-in-law asked me to do the West Milton Triathlon with her. You canoe four miles, run back to the pa[...]
My First Triathlon - Sprint
Well, I just completed my first sprint triathlon, a sprint triathlon (500m swim, 17.6 mile bike, 3.1 mile run) and boy what a feeling! Considering it was my first triathlon and I was new at the sport I went into it with very small goals. Basically, I wanted to finish the race in one piece and afte[...]
I hope my mother didn't see that! My first tri
After about 15 weeks of planning, training, preparing, and organizing stuff, the Jersey Girl Triathlon was finally here! The day before the race, after packet pickup, was when the director did one last transition clinic. We saw where everything was going to be, how she suggested we lay everything out and what to b[...]
Does Finishing Count?
You could say I was an early bloomer. At eight years old I towered at 5'8" and had a unibrow that would make Peter Gallagher blush. Not only was I a physical outcast, but I was also just plain strange. I was obsessed with unicorns and would much rather curl up with young adult fantasy fiction than play outside with my [...]
The Accidental Triathlete
I was terrible at sports in school and usually banned from games. I however did sport outside school. I started canoeing at 15 but at 25 my weight creeped up so that could not fit in the boat. At 25 I bought a house and renovated it, worked full time and studied at the university. Sport went bye bye and my weight went [...]