I’ve been wanting to do a triathlon for a while now, and I’ve just signed up for the Sprint Distance at the Lake Geneva Triathlon on September 6.
It’ll be a .33 mile swim (500-ish meters), a 17 mile bike, and a 5k run. Mixed metrics are fun. In any case, I hope to get through the swim in like 8 minutes, be right around 50 minutes for the bike, and then hit an easy 20 minute 5k, which should be rather painful considering the lead-up.
I swam for the first time in a long time (since high school) yesterday and did a half-mile in a half-hour with lots and lots of breaks. So I’ll need to get considerably faster over the next three weeks if I want to be competitive.
Regarding the bike leg, I’ll be riding my single speed, which is currently a fixed-gear (as of this weekend… I’ll be switching back to a freewheel before the race). I may be regarded as a bit of a nut by all my competitors, who will undoubtedly be decked-out in aero tri gear, carbon-framed bikes with gears aplenty, skinsuits, and the like. Did a slow ride on Saturday, and did a quicker one on the lakefront on Sunday after my swim. If you’re training for anything cycling-related, consider a fixie. The burn of using your legs to slow down is unique.
I plan on another half-mile in the pool tonight, followed by a 6-mile run. I’ll have over 24 hours recovery, which was always the magic number in college.
Stay tuned, if you care, for updates.
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