Ooooohhhhh... may I please join this group?
USERNAME: Midnightylily
(My names Claire
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STORY: Got interested in tris a few months ago but have had a couple of drawbacks in my training, I remember you being one of the first people to say anything to me and to comment my log
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Origionally I played netball competitively, before moving onto ice hockey which is my sport of choice, but became interested in tri through a sport management paper which is part of my degree
(studying the structure of Tri in NZ and the possiblity of a seperate national governing body for multisport
). Although I am in this for fun I'm not really interested in coming in anywhere but the top 20 in my first race
(March next year
) I have plenty of time to train and I was relatively fit before my recent few sedentary months.
FAMILY STATUS: I'm 18 and live at home with my mum, single living in New Zealand.
CURRENT TRAINING: have just started walking again.. took a little to get used not not using any crutches at all, but am walking frequently again and starting to cycle a little. Am planning on learning to swim within the next month or two once exams are over.
2007-2008 Races : My first race will be around March next year, no definate date yet, its a womens triathlon, this years distances were 400m swim
(maybe 300 cant remember
), 10km bike and 3km run. Next year I also want to do the Auckland marathon and the round the bays fun run as well as at least one sprint distance race, I'm not sure about any other races yet... Would eventually like to do an iron man, just to prove to everyone and myself that I can, but I think about 5 years would be a good goal for me for that... just because I will be older, more financially able and more experienced.
Edited by midnightlily 2007-05-31 5:24 AM