Aloha

Hello,

I got into triathlons this past year a lot faster than I had planned. I've been swimming all my life & running for most of it but the bike is a completely new thing for me & it sure is tricky! I bought a bike in February with my then boyfriend now husband thinking I'd learn and eventually get into triathlons. Well he was given a free ticket to a sprint tri in April and we decided to do it together. By that point the mileage on the bike wasn't the issue it was poor nutrition because little did I realize that I loose far more electrolytes than the average person and was not fueled properly for such. So although I did slow but ok in my first tri I basically fell over at the end. Well a month later I was given a ticket to an Olympic distance tri. Well I said what the heck and went for it. The swim was easy & I was out of the water in the first 3rd of the pack and for me it was a slow swim because I had started in the back thinking I'd be the slow one. The bike killed me. I could barely do the distance but at least I had my nutrition sorted out that time and the run was pretty easy as well. I ended with a very poor time but at least I completed it. Since then I took a bit of time off for the wedding & honeymoon and starting my fall semester again but the last few weeks I've been on my bike more even if its just on my trainer to attempt to work on my speed and cadence as I've built up enough endurance to do the distance but my speed is horrible. I'd like to eventually work up to a 1/2 ironman distance but am starting from the basics again and strategically increasing to avoid injury and build a proper base for longer distances. Look forward to learning a lot from this community!

J