Where have I come from?
My triathlon history is a bit patchy. I raced my first triathlon about three years ago, at West Lakes, in South Australia. It was a 'tinman' distance, 300m swim, 21km ride, and a 3km run. I did almost no training, turned up with a road bike, jammers, and goggles, and had a blast. The swim was short enough that I could just power through it (lots of energy, zero style), but then ran into problems. See, I am incredibly short sighted, and at that time, I didn't have glasses. So, I had to run through to transition blind. I remember struggling to get my socks on (I never ride/run without socks!), and then flying through the bike leg. I didn't have any aero bars, so it was just a matter of turning the cranks. Finally, the run was a short 3km lap, at about 5:30/km. I loved it, couldn't wait to do another, but, that was the last tri for six months! I finished in 54:33, coming 34th overall, and 4th in my age group. After that, I gave some intermittent thought to training...