MY TRI BUDDY

WELL I FOUND MY TRI BUDDY. ...A CO-WORKER NAMED AUTIE...AUTIE WAS OVERWIEGHT TOO....AND AS UNATHLETIC AS ME ! SHE CONVINCED HER BEST FRIEND ALLIE TO GO AS WELL.....ALLIE TOO WAS IN THE SAME SORTA SHAPE AS AUTIE AND ME.
..............SO THE TRAINING BEGAN.......INDEPENDENTLY WE WENT TO THE GYM TO SWIM....RUN ON THE TREADMILL....AND ON WEEKENDS I WOULD RIDE MY BIKE ON LOCAL TRAILS.
WEEKS WENT BY AND THE TRAINING CONTINUED.....SORT OF....ANYWAY THE BIG WEEKEND WAS UPON US......OFF WE WENT.....THE WEATHER WAS HOT AND OUR BRAINS MUST HAVE BEEN MUDDLED.....BUT WE KEPT OUR WORD TO EACH OTHER....WE WERE GOING TO DO THIS AND FINISH IT TOO.......
EVEN IF IT KILLED US !!!! AND IT ALMOST DID!!!!

FOUND MY TRI

OK......I SEACHED FOR JUST THE RIGHT SIZE TRIATHLON FOR ME......OR SHOULD I SAY FOR MY LACK OF ATHLETIC ABILITY. YEA !!!!! I FOUND IT !!! IT WAS CALLED THE "MAD DOG MINI TRI " HOW COOL IS THAT ? IT WAS THE SAME LENGTH AS THE MEEK AND MIGHTY ONE....BUT IT HAD ONE ADVANTAGE.......IT WAS AT THE BEACH...OH YEAH THE GLORIOUS BEACH ! MADIERA BEACH TO BE EXACT. BEAUTIFUL WHITE SAND GULF COAST BEACHES.....THE BEST IN FLORIDA!
MY NEXT GOAL WAS TO ENLIST A FRIEND TO GO WITH ME. BUT HOW COULD I CONVINCE ANYBODY....ANYONE THAT WAS AS UNATHLETIC AS ME....THAT THIS WOULD BE A FUN WEEKEND ?
MY SEARCH FOR A TRI BUDDY WAS ON............TO CONTINUE........

FROM THE GET GO

SO FROM THE START..............
ABOUT 1YR AGO I HAD THE HAIR BRAIN IDEA TO DO A TRIATHLON......OF COURSE A TRIATHLON IS A SPORT THAT INCORPORATES THREE DIFFERANT ELEMENTS..... YOU HAVE TO SWIM FIRST....JUMP OUT OF THE WATER AND GET ON YOUR BIKE.....RIDE THAT FOR AWHILE....THEN HOP OFF YOUR BIKE AND RUN ! THERE ARE DIFFERNT DISTANCES FOR RACES.....LIKE A SPRINT ( SHORTER RACE) A STANDARD DISTANCE ....AND THE ULTIMATE IS AN IRONMAN.....OF WHICH IM SURE I WILL NEVER ACHIEVE !!!!

I FOUND A WEBSITE CALLED TRIFIND......IT HAS RACES FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY....I FOUND A RACE CALLED ST.ANTHONYS.....PART OF THAT WHOLE RACE WEEKEND IS A LITTLE RACE CALLED " THE MEEK AND THE MIGHTY "....IT WAS THE PERFECT DISTANCE FOR ME TO START WITH.....A 200 YD SWIM, ABOUT 5.5ML BIKE RIDE...AND ABOUT A 1.2ML RUN......BUT BAD NEWS.......THE ENTRY WAS ALREADY CLOSED....OH DARN :(..........I WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE MY SEARCH FOR THAT PERFECT RACE
THE SAGA WILL CONTINUE........

LETS TRI

SO IM FAT AND OVER 40 ! MY IDEA OF EXCERCISE WAS FLIPPING THE CHANNELS ON THE REMOTE.......BUT FOR SOME REASON I THOUGHT MAYBE I COULD ACTUALLY DO A TRIATHLON !!! IF THAT WAS'NT FUNNY ENOUGH.....WELL DID I MENTION , I DONT REALLY SWIM :) OH I CAN DOG PADDLE...AND AS LONG AS MY FEET COULD TOUCH THE BOTTOM....AND MY HEAD WAS STILL ABOVE WATER...I COULD SORTA DO A FREESTYLE STROKE........THE SAGA CONTINUES...