Triathlon - 7/31/15

Here's another scary one!  Although when some people think "triathlon", they think "Ironman" (I was one).  The Olympics triathlon is actually not quite as crazy.  It consists of a 1.5km (0.93mi) swim, followed by a 40km (25mi) bike, followed by a 10km (6.2mi) run.  It has only been an Olympic sport since 2000!  Although the distances did sound remotely doable to us, we again agreed that it would take too much build-up.  So we copied the format of a local gym who runs an "indoor tri".

On a Friday morning, we met at a local YMCA.  We first hit the pool and swam as many laps as we could for 10 minutes, then quickly rinsed off and changed, then rode a stationary bike for 30 minutes and then ran on the indoor track for 20 minutes.  We roughly averaged about 0.25 miles in the pool, 8 miles cycling, and 1.5-2 miles running.

This was a great alternative to a full triathlon, though I don't think we ruled out actually attempting to finish a real one at some point or another in the future!

(Mini) Triathlon complete!