Welcome to my blog.
About me: I came to the sport of triathlon after spending 18 years of my life as a competitive swimmer. I am still involved in the sport of swimming as an official, so I stay close to all the changes in the sport. I completed my first triathlon in October of 2009, and fell in love with the sport (even though I still say I hate running.) So far I have completed six triathlons, most of them near or at the back of the race at the finish. My proudest accomplishment thus far has been having the 2nd fastest swim split at a triathlon in February. I am still trying to figure a lot of things out about this sport, but want to share my stories and knowledge as a swimmer turned triathlete.
Why read my blog??
Another part of my background is as an educator, so I am always wanting to share what I know, what I have learned. I will be sharing my swim focused knowledge and experiences through this blog and I hope my readers will find it educational and occasionally humorous. I'm the first to admit the crazy things I do, and the mistakes I have made. For example, in my first reverse tri (2nd ever tri) I wore my race number belt the entire race, forgetting to take it off when in T2 or for that matter when I put down my shoes and glasses at the side of the pool, so I ended up with a lot of extra drag. I thought it was funny, and it made me focus on that in the next 2 reverse tri s that I did....note to self : don't forget to take off race number belt before heading to the pool.
Swimming seems to be the area of highest anxiety for the majority of triathletes. I had a friend who was training for Kona, whose only open water swim was his qualifying tri in a lake, we got together several times before Kona and worked on getting him to be able to relax while swimming in the ocean. I hope to be able to help to ease your anxieties about the sport of swimming, it's really fun once you get to know it...:D
Working on my first real detailed post...swimming vocabulary for the newbie triathlete. Watch for it soon!!
Thanks for reading!
