the notorious flip turn and the pullup
Topic: On the way to Triathlon
One of my goals for this year was to be able to do a pull-up. Yes, I could not do one for 20 years. And as of this Monday, I can do a pullup. Heck, as of this Friday, I can do 2!!! Little steps.
And, today I took a class on flip turns so that I can turn in the pool and not break my stride. Hopefully by spring I'll be able to show off this new skill in some indoor triathlons. I think about 3 months of practice is what's required to do this without it messing with your breath and streamline.
Little steps. Towards? TBD at the end of the year, when I'll pick some races.
Right now 2006 looks like 3 marathons: New Orleans, Some little one in Michigan, and Chicago.
Triathlons.... Chicago is dangerous. I didn't feel like it's all that safe with that many bikers on LSD. The slow people get in the way as you pass them. They need to teach people to stay on either the outside or the inside if they are slow, and to dock them minutes if they are not passing and are in that lane.
A century? I've yet to do a century. Big shoulders swim?
I don't think I want to do the Lake Geneva Tri again - the course is open to through traffic. While we didn't see many cars, there were some.... And there was one nasty turn where you had to come around a curve downhill only to find out that the curve gets real sharp and that there are cars that are being kept at bay by one guy with a sign. I want to be safe, not dead. Need a closed, safe course that's properly paved. I already took a nosedive when my tire got caught this summer. I don't want to do a race where the surface is not geared for racing. So have to do some research.
Distance-wise... Not sure if I'm ready for the big Ironman just yet, but could probably do the 1/2 if I keep this up.
We'll see, won't we?
Posted by anteojos
at 6:35 PM CST