tri

8:00am Sunday May 1st, 2011 ----- downtown YMCA - Lynchburg, VA.

Swim 300m in the pool (I have no earthly idea how far that is)

Transition - do whatever needs doing to be ready to ride

Hop on my bike and ride 25k through downtown Lynchburg, across the James River and into Amherst Co. before returning to the Y by way of a steep climb, right at the end.

Transition - do whatever needs doing to be ready to run

Park the bike and pray my legs are strong enough to crawl...I mean...run 5k.  Thank goodness that's flat at least.

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So I'm signing up for the 2011 Angel's Race that takes place in Lynchburg each spring.  It will be my first, lone, triathlon.  I did the biking portion of a sprint-tri a couple years ago as a part of a team so I am thankful that gave me a little bit of an idea of what goes on in the 'tri world', but to tell you the truth, I'm really nervous!  Mostly about the swimming.  I don't know how to swim.  I mean, I could doggy paddle the entire 300m... but I don't think that would be ideal or very effective.  I'm also nervous about how my legs will hold up.  Last night I went to the gym and biked 8 miles and then hopped on the treadmill to run 2.  After biking, my muscles were SO tight I had to stretch.  I hope that improves.  Like I said, I'm nervous... but I'm also excited about the prospect of completing a triathlon.