In October I'm going to be participating in a triathlon. Specifically, I'll be doing the Cedar Beach Triathlon. This race is a 0.75 mile swim, 17 mile bike and a 3.1 mile run. I thought I would use the blog to document my training progress, because lord knows I don't use it for much else any more.

I did a bit of googling about how to train for a triathlon. Most people agree that you should train for each leg separately, which maximizes your output and minimizes the risk of injury. So, for the past few weeks I have been training six days a week, running, swimming and biking twice a week.

Right now I'm swimming the full 0.75 miles in about 27 minutes, running 3.1 miles in about 27 minutes, and biking 17 miles in somewhere between 60 and 65 minutes. Each of these times is pretty decent, but I think my big problem is that I'm working pretty hard to achieve them, and I think once I start putting the legs together it's going to hurt.

I have done two sessions now where I have done two legs back to back. I swam and ran for 18 minutes each on Saturday, and biked for 30 minutes and ran for 20 today. Both times it really took a lot out of me. Transitioning from one leg to another is tough, the body doesn't like it. But I guess that's why I'm training. I'm going to try to do one pair of legs a week.

We'll see how it goes...