Last year, being my first year to do a triathlon, i kept a training log of my daily activity each week.
It was quite humorous to look back and see that in my first week it read:
Monday- biked 20 mins, 3 miles
Thursday- biked 10 mins, 1.86 miles
Friday- ran 1 mile
I didn't start swimming until 3 weeks in and that is even funnier to read:
first time at the pool: swam 20 mins- DROWNED! (within those 20 mins i only did 4 laps of the pool meaning 200 m, taking rests after every 25 m length)
I decided it was best if i took notes on how the exercise went and the majority of my swimming ones say "drowned" so no worries. I was using kick boards and flippers up to 1 month prior to the Danskin.
Hopefully everyone is staying motivated and focusing on the weeks ahead.
Things not to worry about:
- how far of a distance you are going in the first weeks of training because it is a gradual process to reach the final distance for the triathlon (it took me up until the day of the race to finally bike 12 miles!!)
- don't think of this as a chore but have fun doing it
- if you don't have the best bike, shoes, socks, shorts, etc...you will be fine. In the Danskin you will see women with mountain bikes to $2,000 road bikes, onesie swimsuits instead of tri shorts/tri top, tri running shoes to 5 year old beat up new balances, and the such.
If any of you have questions please feel free to email me annmariefrancese@gmail.com or my mom at annfrancese@yahoo.com.
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