Hello, is this thing on?
Well, it is a rather boring day at work, sitting on hold, so after reading all the new posts on my favorite blogs, I thought maybe I should start my own. If for no other reason than as a way to track my own prgress, or descent into the racing season.
I guess I should introduce myself, my name is Drew.
I am brand spanking new, both to the blogosphere and to the worldview that is Triathlon. I say worldview, and not sport or even lifestyle, because it becomes all consuming, and it totally changes your outlook on just about everything.
Just a week after paying the fees for my first ever triathlon, I have started getting up at 0500, or 5AM for you 12 hour clock types, and doing 2 workouts a day. Not since I was in the Army have I worked out so much. Of course, not since I was in the Army have I been in so much pain either, lol
I also got a membership to a local pool. Honestly I didn't even know you could swim in the winter around here (Central NJ) until I NEEDED to find a way to train. And a good thing I did.
Being born and raised 5 miles from the ocean has had it's advantages. I learned how to swim in the surf, and how to surf not long after that. My astrological sign is Pices, the fish. I don't normally believe in that sort of thing, but I always said I could swim like a fish. And even though I haven't gotten wet in quite some time, I still can.
Only instead of the shark I USED to be, I am now the spent salmon drifting slowly downstream wishing for the great big toilet to swallow me up!
Honestly, I never knew I didn't know how to swim. I am a certified diver having cruised the depths at 90 feet looking for lobster, sharks, and whatever else I could see on the shipwrecks off the coast here, so it isn't like I am afraid of putting my face in the water. But I am like afraid to put my face in the water!!
I look to the side to breathe and all the water in the pool rushes in my mouth choking me out, and there I flail like a big baby until I realise I am in 4 feet of water so I can just stand up, lol
On the bright side, if I just do the tug boat swim with my face out of the water ( like I always have) I can do 500 meters in about 7 minutes. That is roughly the distance of my first triathlon, on May 26th, and judging from last years results I should be about mid pack coming out of the water, so it isn't all horrible. But honestly, I stink...lol
As my ultimate objective is to finish an Ironman race in the next 2 or 3 years, I have a ton of work to do. I ordered a Total Immersion DVD and if that doesn't help I guess I will find a coach.
Well, that is about it. I will post a bit more about myself later on, this was just a test to see if I got at least this part down.
cya...Drew
1 comment:
If you can do 500 meters "tug boat" fashion in 7 minutes, you'll be fine. It takes me nearly 10 minutes to do 500 yards using freestyle, though I am an admitted turtle in the water.
Welcome to the world of triathlon. And it's not ALL that consuming. I'd say more, but I have to go look at my training plan and find some new wheels for my bike, The Pol-R Express.
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