New! Sprint triathlon

Hi!
I've never done a triathlon.  I'm planning on trying my first one in the beginning of next summer.  I'm a graduate student but other than that I really don't have any hobbies.  So I have decided to try this extremely challenging hobby/sport!  My goal for the 1st triathlon is simply to finish it (a sprint triathlon)... that is all.  Then to improve my time from there. 

I swam competitively in high school which wasn't too long ago.  And I've been spending some quality time in the pool recently.  I genuinely love to swim and I'm a distance swimmer.  I have done some lake swimming in the past.  Most of my training will be in a pool but I'm sure I will be able to get in some lake swims.

I feel okay about biking... at least I can handling spinning.  So I have a small base to continue to build on.

Running.... well that's going to be my main challenge. And I've heard/read that T2 is the hardest part.

I'm sure I will have a lot of questions as I start my training... so I figured I should seek out some support.  Again, my goal is to finish a sprint triathlon.... and we'll see from there.



Edited by Splish 2009-08-16 7:06 PM