I am a triathlete (I think)

Hi..

I'm kinda new here (kinda because I registered on this site a while ago but never posted in the forums before).

I come from a cycling background (not competitive but I consider myself a strong recreational cyclist). I started running and swimming about a year ago and I still have a long way to go in those 2 sports.

I have just recently completed my first 2 triathlons. I wanted to start with a sprint Tri (with a pool swim) but I missed the registration for that one so I ended starting with a Tri that is somewhere between sprint and olympic distance (1k/30k/8k)... and with a lake swim. I had decided to go slower than I could because it was longer than I expected for my first race and I wanted to make sure I would finish it without any problems. Turns out I might have gone a bit too slow but since it was my first tri I will learn from my mistakes (hopefully)

I repeated the experience a week later (last sunday) with a sprint Tri. It went much better than I expected and my biggest surprise was when I looked at the results and realised I finished 4th in my age group.

So overall I'm pretty satisfied with my first 2 tri's. I'm now registered for my 3rd in september and it will be an olympic tri so I'm really looking forward to that one... and in the meantime try to become a decent runner and/or swimmer (if that's even possible for me)



Edited by nosferatu 2009-08-10 6:02 PM