Wendy’s Triathlon, June 10th in Columbus

June 10th is the Wendy’s International Triathlon in Columbus, Ohio at Alum Creek. The order of the events is 1/2 mile swim, 16.8 mile bike and a 5k run.

As I have never raced in a Sprint Triathlon before, I am definitely nervous. I haven’t actually picked up the training at all for the event, just continued with the conditioning I had done before I found out about the race. I believe I will have no trouble with the 5k portion of the race as most of the conditioning I do is with running. I am however skeptical about how the 800m swim will go. I tried to swim in the pool a few months ago and after about .1 miles I was out of breathe, my legs hurt and my arms felt like they were going to fall off.

I am entered the event with both my cousin and his wife. Hopefully I will be able to finish around the same time they do and not embarass myself, but we’ll see. Now I just need to get a bike helmet that fits and hopefully I’ll eventually see the finish line. I am going swimming again today to see if I’ve improved at all.

I’ll probably post some information about how the day went and what people should partially expect when they enter a triathlon for the first time, like I am.

Current Conditioning:

3-4 miles 4 times per week.
Best time 19:30 for 5k (3.1 miles) so far.