I Survived the Tri

Saturday morning was the 16th Annual Desert Grande Triathlon in Casa Grande, AZ. Well, to be exact, Central Arizona College, where the event took place, is exactly between Coolidge and Casa Grande. I should know. I commuted down there from Phoenix for four years. So I was familiar with the area and the course even [...]

Triathlon Preparation

Well, I’ll admit right up front that I really don’t know what I’m doing when it comes to training or doing a triathlon. With that said, my third triathlon is coming up tomorrow. Yep. Saturday. Other than doing something, exercise wise, every day for the past 10 weeks, I’ve really not prepared. By default because [...]

Swim Taping

We had a swim workout tonight in Tri class. It was interesting. A pro coach and ex-swimmer was there to guide us newbies through a workout and then a discussion on our swim form. I did about 8 laps warm up (200 yards), and I was pretty tired just from that. Then we did some [...]

Day 1 Training for a Tri

Yep, I have 13 weeks until my triathlon: April 30th. At least this time I have someone to suffer with me. Paffy and Linda say they want to “tri” it. It should be fun. So today was the first day, and I was suppose to run for 20 minutes according to the schedule in the [...]

Tri Workouts

Back at It

Yes, I’ve been away for a while, but I haven’t given up the fight. I’m presently training for that first triathlon. I know, I’ve been training for that for a while now. Well, I’m actually going to do one now for sure. Yep! October 30 I’m doing the GCC Sprint Triathlon. The swim is 400 [...]

Still Hackin’

I still have a nice cough, and I’m coughing up some good junk. I don’t feel sick, so I think this is the end of it. Thank goodness. I’m ready to get going with my tri training. Triathlon class was fun last night. We have a small class. There are lots of fun events and [...]