Nathan from New Brunswick

Hello,

My name is Nathan. I am a 25 year old male living in New Brunswick, Canada.

I have never done a triathlon before. I've been a swimmer my whole life and am a fairly strong swimmer, I run 5-10km regularly because of my job (military) although I will confess I am neither a natural runner nor do I enjoy it that much, and I biked everywhere as a kid but have very little experience with actual cycling (currently see this as my biggest obstacle to my first triathlon).

I have decided to start triathlons IOT actually motivate me to do more swimming, biking, and running. I tore my patellar tendon a couple years ago and couldn't do any physical training for 6-7 months. I gained quite a bit of weight and have not been able to get back to my pre-injury form. Without something to train for on the horizon I often slack off on the physical training, because I am mostly motivated by competition / goal-setting. I figure triathlons are a good avenue as I enjoy a bit of variety in my cardio training.

My plan is to start with an Olympic distance triathlon. I can get through a sprint triathlon right now without any training (although I'm sure I wouldn't place very well) so I don't think I'd be setting the bar high enough for myself. I would like to do a few Olympic distance triathlons in a season to get the hang of it and see if I want to move up in distance.

To give you an idea of where I am starting at physically...
Swim: 1500m ~32 minutes comfortably
Bike: Unknown
Run: 5km ~24m, 10km ~50m

Keep in mind, those are when the legs are done individually, not consecutively. so I am sure my 10km run time would take a bit hit after a swim and bike.

Thank you all in advance for your help as I will definitely have many questions to ask.