Subject: SC Newbie & FL Newbie Brothers Training 360 miles apart Hello I have been here for about a week or so. I am Kevin from Mt. Pleasant, SC ( Just across harbor north of Charleston ). I have been a bike rider for about 4 years and last year I got a nice mid-level road bike. Last year after getting the hang of road biking I wanted to turn everything up a notch and start working towards a triathlon. Well running last year was cut short by plantier fastsomething with my right heel. Now a year latter I went to visit my younger brother in Gainesville and complete an 80 bike ride. My brother & I started talking about training to a sprint triathlon somewhere in Florida as an event we could do together. Well our schedules did not work out but we both drew the line in the sand & signed up for our first sprint triathlons. He goes first down in Florida on 1 August & I go on 16 August here in Charleston. So we train by ourselves by keep tabs on each other through IM and this website. We are trying to coordinate a race we both can be in together. We are talking about another race in late August but I am concerned about turn around time after my first race. I think I will need longer than 2 weeks to be ready to race again. My brother is younger by 3 years and maybe 80 pounds lighter. I will be a clydesdale for for the rest of my racing days. I am 50 years old 6'5" and right now about 260 pounds. I guess this is my midlife fling! its good to be here. Kevin Edited by b2673ad 2009-07-14 8:37 PM
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