Month: August 2014
2014 ACTIVEx Solana Beach Triathlon
August 2, 2014
3 months ago, I signed up for the ACTIVEx Solana Beach Triathlon through my work via Charity Challenge to raise money for Kids in the Game. It’s kind of crazy how fast the 3 months went by. In hindsight, I should have documented more here about the training and experience. I did put a lot of notes in my Endomondo on each workout, so if you’re interested, add me as a friend. I started writing and realized there was a whole lot I wanted to write about my training, so I moved it to a separate post if you’re interested on how I trained for the triathlon and all the things I learned. Continue Reading
Training for My First Triathlon – Solana Beach
August 1, 2014
Training stats for the past few months.
Swimming
Going into this, I knew I wanted to focus heavily on swimming. I had swimming lessons as a kid and periodically played or hung out in the pool. I’ve gone boogie boarding and tried surfing, once. I wouldn’t have drowned if I fell in the pool but the whole idea of swimming laps and swimming for endurance was foreign to me. I do remember one time I tried to swim laps post-college with Jenn and LeighAnn. They wanted to use that as fitness. It was incredibly difficult. That was my experience “swimming laps”. The length of the pool was one of those apartment pools so not even very far. They didn’t seem to have a problem though. Anyway, that was terrible. I’ve always disliked swimming and being in water so this was the most challenging part for me. Continue Reading