Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Triathlon-bound

I just signed up for my first triathlon! The Lobsterman Triathlon is in Freeport, Maine, on Sept. 19. It's an olympic-distance triathlon, which consists of a 1500m swim, 40km bike, and 10km run. Right now I'm doing about half those distances with some regularity, with about 9.5 weeks to train, so I've got some work to do. However, I have no aspirations of getting a good time, and am just looking forward to the exercise, the camping trip we'll make of it, and the lobster bake at the end.

Plus, it's a good excuse to take Audrey out in her bike carriage: