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