So it starts...

Hey All,

I decided I would start a blog to track my journey through my first triathlon. I'm doing the mighty hampton tri on 9/14/08, it's 1 mile of swiming, 24 miles of biking, and 6miles of running.

I'm an okay athlete, but not in tri shape. I'm 5'10''. On 4/17/08, when I started training, I weighed 183lbs and 17% of that is fat.

So why I am doing a Tri? 4 of my friends are doing it, so I thought it would be fun. Besides that, I'm a super competitive person so I decided to call my friends out. I said I would finish before Hostos. He doesn't think it is likely :) In fact, I'm the underdog; in terms of physique they all have me beat. I think I have a shot at beating Erik and Alan, but that's more of a stretch. Ruben is a seasoned tri-athlete, so I'll make a run for him in my 2nd tri :)

With that said, my smack talking is writing tall orders. So I'm going to train like an animal. If I lose, it won't be because I'm not prepared.

As you can see, I have my work cut out. Especially because I can barely swim 4 laps in a pool, but some swim lessons and lot of training will sort me out. To make things more complicated, I'm taking the CFA Level I on 6/7/08, so my training time will be limited until then. Once the CFA is over, things will be better, but I'll still be busy planning my wedding to my beautiful fiance.

So far this is the training I did.
4/17/08----> 3 mile run in 27 minutes
4/19/08----> 15 mile ride, 1 hr
4/20/08----> 20 mile ride, 1 hr 15 minutes
4/20/08----> 3 mile run in 28.5 minutes, Avg. HR=165

Looks like I'm trending down in the running. I think my earlier ride slowed me down.

-Carlo