RazorTri - 2011-04-18 10:50 AM
Long story short, I was a runner for quite a number of years until two years ago when I had to have a hip replacement (due to a trama when I was 14, I'm 39 now). No running for at least a year on doctor's orders but was cleared to ride a bike. Fell in love with cycling and even did okay in lower level races. Got clearance last summer to run again, so I started slowly and at some point decided I would like to do triathlons. Started swimming last fall. Haven't fell in love with it but it's not so bad ![Smile Smile](/discussion/jscripts/tiny_mce3.4b3/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-smile.gif)
I've been training pretty hard for a few months with no specific target tri event. I wanted to see how my hip would hold up to the 9+ mile runs. I've exceeded my own expectations and ran a half-marathon a couple of weeks ago faster than I ever did pre-hip replacement.
So, now I'm all fired up wanting to do a HIM soon, but I haven't done a tri of any distance. I did a duathlon a few weeks ago, so I've at least experienced the transition, but I haven't done a group swim in open water or obviously the swim to bike transition.
Kansas HIM is 9 weeks away (I think). I've looked at some training plans for HIMs, including the free one on here, and even though most are 16-20 week plans, the weekly work I've been doing for the past few months exceeds most of the early parts of the plans. I think I could just pick up a plan with the remaining weeks and be ready for it, but I can't figure out if I'm trying to talk myself into or out of going for it.
Would love some opinions on whether or not you would do a HIM as your very first tri, especially knowing my history. Thanks and sorry for being so wordy.
For us to know your history, we need to see some kind of training loggeed in your Training Logs.
Good luck.