Newbie from KC MO

Hello everyone. I've completed a few 5Ks with my wife and my next goal is a triathlon. I've got a Sprint scheduled on March 1st (it's indoors) and cannot wait.

Doing a tri is something I've wanted to do for years, but I always had an excuse. Either I was too busy, or too out of shape, or didn't have a bike. This year I finally decided to do it and pulled the trigger on an entry level road bike (since I had to buy one anyways, I figured I might as well go with a cheaper road bike).

My first tri was scheduled for this past August - the Matt Mason Sprint tri at Smithville Lake. Unfortunately, it was cancelled on race day due to lightning and rain. To say I was disappointed would be a huge understatement. For a few weeks after it happened I was thinking along the lines of "Well, maybe I'm just not meant to do a tri; why bother with more training?". Eventually, though, my thoughts turned from that and I realized it was maybe a good thing it was cancelled; I'd only been training since mid-June, and now I could get months of training under my belt before my first tri.

My training this summer was very hodge podge with no real "plan", so to speak. I just went out and did what I wanted. That's why I joined here; I've got a training plan selected and will be sticking to it.

As far as the three events go, I come from a swimming background (swam competitively for 8 years), so I'm not worried about the swim portion. I'm most worried about the bike leg; I'm still getting used to clipping in and out and am still very fearful of falling (which has already happened more than once). I've got my bike on a trainer how, so hopefully practice this winter will help things go smoothly once the weather warms up enough that I feel like riding outside again.