I wrote out my whole first post that I was pretty excited about, then I came back to my new blog and it was gone. Apparently I did not save it correctly which is a huge bummer because it was the perfect precursor post to the practice tri the hubby and I did last weekend. So I suppose I'll do a mini introduction (and let's be honest, my previous attempt at a first entry was mostly a rant about biking and the huge challenges road biking has injected into my life) and then get back to a post race report.
I'm Jaime. I live in Washington, DC with my wonderful husband and we have both been training for the Olympic distance DC Tri in June. Aside from the previously mentioned hurdles with the biking aspect of triathlon, training has been going pretty dang well for us. I've always been a swimmer (not always by choice however) so that portion of the training hasn't been too intimidating for me although open water swimming is an entirely different beast that scares me a bit. On the running side, I've been running farther and faster than I ever have before so that's great! Biking... where to I begin? I have recently taken to calling my bike my nemesis. My bike and I definitely a love-hate relationship; it was mostly hate for the first couple of months, but we've had a few love days here lately. To make a long story short, the jump from beach cruiser to fancy road bike was a bit too much for me to handle especially with those dang clipless pedals. Needless to say I spent a good amount of time falling and am currently riding with platform pedals while I get used to the skinny tires, hand breaks, shifting, snazzy gear, etc. Its been slow going some days, but I'm definitely making progress.
I think I've been inspired to start my own chronicalization (because that's a word, right?) of my experiences by many of the other female triathlete bloggers out there and hope that writing all this down will keep me motivated along the way. So here we go!
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