It's Not About the Bike...Until It Is...
Hey! A post not about food! Sometime earlier this year, I decided to make the switch from being a runner (ha!) to being a triathlete (double ha!). Partially it was because I started swimming at my gym and remembered how much I enjoyed it and partially because I finally got a bike (free! from a friend!), but mostly because I was really starting to lose interest in the running-for-a-long-Fing-time thing. I dipped my toe in the proverbial (and literal) water at a mini-sprint in July and had a blast. It was a .25 mile swim, a 7 mile bike, and a 2 mi. run. I did the whole thing in under an hour and felt pretty spectacular about myself. So much so that I signed up for a "regular" sprint (.4, 15, 3.1) that I completed last weekend. ...It was an altogether different experience. But, like every good race, it was a learning one. And now, at no cost to you, I'm going to share what I learned during that long, somewhat painful triathlon, so that you might learn fr...