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Triathlon or Bust 3: Running Shoes

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Triathlon or Bust 3: Running Shoes By far, the hardest thing for me to complete in the triathlon will be the running part (see my blog here). For sure I can finish the bike portion of the race, because I regularly ride the 16 miles without a problem, albeit not at a race pace. I can’t go the full half-mile swimming distance without stopping, but I’m semi-confident I can get there. But the running–as I start this quest, I’m pretty sure that I can’t run even a mile, or half a mile, let alone three. When I’ve tried to run … Continue reading →

Triathlon or Bust 2: Choosing an Event

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After reading my first blog (read it here) you may wonder why someone like me would sign up for a competitive event that she’s not sure she’s even going to be able to finish. Here are my reasons, in all honesty, although I realize some may seem more like I need therapy than a triathlon. 1. I need motivation to exercise. I have always exercised to some degree, but to really push myself I decided I needed a goal. Once I signed up for a 189-mile-bike ride over two days from Seattle to Vancouver, B.C. I invited my husband, my … Continue reading →

Triathlon or Bust 1: True Confessions

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I am not an athlete. In grade school, I was the last kid chosen for the dodge ball team. On cross country run days, I was the last one to finish. Or next to last. Me and the severely overweight boy struggling against the stigma of being the slowest kid in the fourth grade. In junior high and high school I earned my only B’s in P.E. I tried to convince doctors that I needed a note to excuse me from the whole semester of P.E. because of shin splints. I was trying to spare myself the humiliation and save … Continue reading →