Subject: First Triathlon Coming Up! Hi--I'm in Columbus, Ohio, and in 3 weeks, I will do my first triathlon (a sprint ). I'm 44 and have stayed in OK shape, mostly by swimming and weight training. At the beginning of the year, I made a New Year's resolution to train for and complete a sprint triathlon. Now, I'm about to do it! I'm a little nervous, but I've had such a good time doing the training that I'm mostly looking forward to seeing how I'll do. Although I've been a lap swimmer for a while, I've never been very fast. I never ran before, but I've run a few 5K races now and have done fairly well. Cycling has been the hardest for me, for some reason, but I've come to like it (buying a new bike helped; it really made cycling more comfortable, and having a shiny new toy gave me a boost in motivation, too! ).
I'd of course like to do reasonably well, but for me, this one's mostly about completing the event! Any suggestions for my final three weeks?
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