In 2008, I documented my journey to become a triathlete. A couch potato most of my life, I began cycling as a means to weight loss in 2006 and over that year, fell in love with biking, and lost 20 lbs. As my fitness level increased, I began to wonder if I could run, and in 2007, I had run my first 5K in 26:16!
Last January, I returned to the pool after a 35 years hiatus, took some lessons, and then practiced on my own 3 times a week with a goal of completing a sprint triathlon in August 2008. And I did it with great personal success! Meeting my time goal (1:30), coming in 4/11 in my age group, and exceeding my goal in the bike portion was tremendously fullfilling and made me finally realize – I AM an athlete! Who knew!
My new goals are to continue to develop my skills in all 3 areas, and maintain my fitness level.My goal is to do a few 5-10k running races and 2-3 sprint triathlons in the summer of 2009.
In January, I started the Kelownagurl Tris Podcast so that I can further document my training trials and tribulations and hopefully inspire some of you to try something you never thought possible!
4 comments:
Awesome Slide show!!! Congrats on 3rd Place! Your run will be better next time!
Outstanding slide show! Thanks for taking the time to put it together! (Tweeter gwjones00 here).
KG You look amazing and great job done by you....take care and keep up the good work...I do my Tri on June 19th....your one of my hero's
Lonewolf
WOW! Awesome slideshow! Congrats on a VERY successful Tri! You are amazing! And, you are MY hero, too!
Ashleigh
Twitter: racer_x77Ash
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