So I'm sure I sound rather wishy-washy on this whole subject, but it turns out that I will for sure be doing one triathlon this summer. :) On August 9 there is a first-ever triathlon in Grand Rapids at Millennium Park. It's a sprint, with 500m of swimming, about 12 miles of biking, and a 5k run to finish it all up. I'm on a loose training schedule, but I'm swimming MWF and running TuThSa and hopefully that'll be enough to make me finish the triathlon on August 9 without dying, passing out, puking, or something else unpleasant. Oh, and I should say that I'm biking on Sundays, and throughout the week. I figure the biking is what I've got to worry about the least training-wise. I KNOW that I can bike.
Today I went swimming. The water temperature (according to the internet) was about 65 degrees Fahrenheit and the waves were yellow-flag... it was pretty darn cold and I didn't go very far. But I got in a couple hundred meters, and that's better than nothing.
But I think that swimming is the only thing that isn't causing me pain these past few days. My cleats continue to be maladjusted and my left knee is getting horrible while biking. And the running isn't helping the knees - I ran a 5k yesterday and by the end I felt like my IT Band was pulling tight on me. It's rather annoying, but I'm doing all sorts of different stretches and exercises in hopes that it will go away. Hopefully it won't turn into anything serious.
As a final note: if you haven't been watching Le Tour de France this year, I highly recommend it. Things are very exciting this year: this morning I watched a recap where a Team Gerolsteiner guy hit a boulevard and his bike flew into the air, broke in half, and landed in to pieces on the ground! Not to mention the very young and good-looking Brit named Mark Cavendish is winning sprint stage after sprint stage - four to be exact. Well, I better get going. I'm watching stage 16 right now, and I'm waiting for the big crash on the Col de la Bonnet. :)
~monkey
