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Alright now that you have heard the story of me I should catch you all up on my training (funny how I write as if someone is reading this!).

So I am currently in my second week of an 11 week sprint triathlon training program. My first week was pretty good and pretty uneventful. I managed 500M in swimming 3KM in running and 1:05 on the bike (riding inside on rollers for the moment waiting for winter to end). This is a beginners program and is designed to take you from couch to sprint so it starts off pretty slow. I am cool with that because I am also a carpenter and spend all my day outside working so the slow build up is nice.

Things that I learned in my first week. I can't run on the treadmill at home, I just about killed myself on it. Not really designed for my size. My swimming is surprisingly pretty strong but I really need to figure out how to kick for my freestyle or I'll die in the longer swims. My ridding is most definitively my strongest discipline. I can't wait to get my distances up to justify a nice Tri bike!

Week two got off to a great start with a quick 250M swim followed by a fantastic run on Tuesday. The swim went really well and I felt really strong in the pool. I was even more excited about finally doing flip turns! I know I shouldn't be so excited about something so simple but I was pretty pumped!As for the run I have gotten new shoes and they are amazing. I went somewhere new to get my feet checked out and it turns out I have been wearing the wrong type of shoe since I started running over 2 years ago! These new shoes are awesome. They are New Balance 800's and are a totally neutral shoe and I love them! My run was 2.75Km in 0:15 so I think the shoes helped. I like to swim then run right after. My lungs are already working so my breathing is easier while running.

Wednesday was a great ride with an amazingly strong 1 minute sprint at the end. I can't wait for winter to finally end so I can get out on the road. Ridding on my rollers in front of the big screen isn't really cutting it anymore. Did 30 minutes and felt good.

Thursday (tonight) I did another 250M swim. It went pretty good. Really tired from work this week and I felt it in the pool. Tried to work on my kicking but it just doesn't work and I can't figure out why. Going to have to look into a coach in a month or so I think just to get that figured out because I know I can get up to 1Km swims with just my arms but after that I'll get killed in the swim.

So that brings you all up to date. Tomorrow is an off day so probably nothing new untill Saturday.

SYL

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