Subject: Newbie training for a sprint Hi,
I thought I would introduce myself.
I am a 26-year old guy from Raleigh, North Carolina.
For the past four years--ever since finishing a 100-km mountain biking ride in the mountains--I have been carrying around 10-15 extra pounds of flab. Mountain biking and running, while keeping me in check an not letting my weight get out of control, were done on haphazard basis, which is obviously not a good way to keep in shape.
I've been intrigued by triathlons for several years now, but never actually pursued the sport in any meaningful way. That is until last week a friend at work mentioned that his wife was doing a triathlon: a sprint.
It had never occurred to me that a triathlon could be anything but an Olympic distance event, which requires prohibitively more time than I would be willing to dedicate to training.
Presented with the existence of a sprint, I am now on a 17-week training plan for the August 14th event at Chapel Hill.
Many thanks to everyone for creating this site. It has been a great place to help jump-start my training.
-MTBonker |