As some of you may know, one of my long term goals is to do the Hawaii Ironman before I’m 40—by this I mean complete not actually win, lol. However, up until now I haven’t done anything really to work towards this, so in a bout of complete insanity I have entered in my first triathlon.
It’s the 7th race in the New Zealand Triathlon Series held at Whangamata Surf Club on the 17th of March. This gives me about 10 weeks to train for the sprint distance event (750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run). While this is a short course as far as triathlons go, it’s somewhat ambitious for me since the last time i was on a bike was almost 10 years ago and my swimming is… hmmm, in need of a little work, lol.
The New Zealand Triathlon site fortunately provides a downloadable training program for people like myself who are foolish enough to enter, so I’ve got some idea what I should be doing. As of yesterday I now have a bike, and am currently working on improving all three disciplines for the big event!