Last night, I went to a training seminar at the REI store in Santa Monica. It was put on by the folks at Danskin about the Womens' Triathlon Series they do across the country each year. I've decided to put that USAT membership I bought last year to good use and sign up!
It's a sprint tri (1/2 mile swim; 12 mile bike; 5K run) which takes place at Bonelli Park in San Dimas on the weekend of June 2nd. That gives me a little more than 8 weeks to train, so I'll start getting serious with my swims this week.
Danskin's coach- an impressive 60-year-old athlete with many books, triathlons, ultramarathons and Ironman tris under her belt- said that we should decide why we're doing the race before committing to it. I'm doing this race because I love the thrill of being considered an actual athlete at this point in my life. I'm also doing it because I'm eager to step up my swimming and prove that I can work around my challenges (lower back pain; degenerating disks). But, my inspiration to get to that finish line is the memory of my Aunt Rosemary, who recently lost her fight with cancer, and the support and admiration for my old J-School classmate, Kelley Tuthill, who's hunkering down and determined to beat breast cancer; the thought of them will keep me going.
This is a great race for first-timers. If you're at all jonesin' to find your inner athlete (and if you can see yourself joining a committed community of super-fit people with great-looking bods), tri it .. you might like it! http://danskin.com/raceinfo.html
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