when is it going to be spring?? - Triathlon Week

AudreyJ · 02-24-2005, 07:51 AM

Howdy everyone - looking forward to my very first triathlon, an olympic, in May. Winter is dragging on here in Maryland (tough on a girl from Texas) but training is going well! I think I'm most excited about the mass start swim...yikes! Love to hear from anyone.

Robert G. · 02-24-2005, 12:39 PM

Welcome!

It's been raining for weeks here in california, nothing as bad as east coast winters, but hard to get on the bike.

Thw swim start is exciting and the only advice I can give you is to watch yourself and race at your own pace. Everyone at the start is going to go 110% and it's easy to get caught up in it and swim above your pace. After the first few hundred meters, everyone slows down and relaxes.

pyschosyd · 02-24-2005, 02:40 PM

Welcome
Being a gym rat is never what I pictured when I got into triathlon, but winter will do that do you. My only advice is to embrace the cold. Run outside, or alternatively pick up a winter sport!
Only a few more months till summer.

Syd