"Transition": The Online Triathlon Adventure Novel - Triathlon Week

10-27-2004, 07:16 PM

I'm in the process of writing a novel entitled "Transition,"
in which my two main characters are triathletes. I'm
interested in feedback from anyone who'd care to share their
opinions -- and I'm *especially* interested in feedback from
triathletes, which is why I'm posting this note here.

I've "competed" (and I use the word loosely) in a couple of
triathlons, but they were both "sprint" distance (although
in my case it was more of a slog than a sprint), and the
triathlons in my book are Ironman distance. So I'm hoping
that those of you who have experience with races longer than
the ones in which I've participated will be able to let me
know whether the action in my book is plausible, improbable,
impossible, interesting, boring, etc.

The website for the novel is:

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

I'm posting chapters on the site as they're ready. The novel
will include three races, the first one is in progress when
the book starts, so you won't have to read very far to get
into the triathlon action.

In the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that,
despite the subtitle, I don't necessarily consider
"Transition" to be a "triathlon novel" (if such a genre
exists). It's more of an adventure story, and a story about
the changes that two people go through. But as I said, the
two main characters are triathletes, and the story begins
and ends with triathlons (and there's another one in the
middle) -- so at least getting close to the feeling of real
Ironman-distance races is important to me. Which, of course,
is why I'm hoping for some feedback from you folks.

If you do read the chapters I've posted and want to let me
know what you think (good or bad), you can send me your
comments via email, or you can post them in a discussion
board I've set up just for that purpose, you'll see links to
it on the "Transition" site. (Yes, the discussion board is
probably overkill, but I figured that I'd give it a shot and
see what happens.)

I'm looking forward to hearing from you -- and thanks, in
advance, for your help!