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Sunday, February 21, 2010

"Tri" It Inside

I participated in my first triathlon today at Life Time Fitness. A couple of times each year, they host a 1-hour Indoor Triathlon, where you swim for 10 minutes, bike for 30, and run for 20 (with transition times between each stage).
It's been just about 4 months since I joined the gym and decided to give it a "tri". I swam 500 yards, biked 13 miles, and ran (mostly walked) 1.41 miles, which put me in 20th place out of 25 (technically, 16th if you consider the tied scores). Not bad considering where I was a few months ago.
The Tempe facility is having another one next month and my Masters swim buddy and I are looking to enter that one as well. We met a gal from the Tempe LTF who suggested we try the SheROX sprint triathlon that's coming up in May. I'm seriously considering it. I started a 5K run training program last week, so by May I should be more than ready.
Here's the cap and shirt I got along with my race number. The cap was provided by TYR and will work well for me when I swim OW practice at Canyon Lake. I noticed that they used last year's race numbers (they show 2009), but I would rather they use them up than throw them away.

 My first Triathlon arm number.