My Mission

Ok.... So my fiance David is an amazing triathlete and an absolute inspiration to me. He is so motivated and is constantly striving to move faster and be more efficient. I cannot even begin to count the number of his races that I have attended. Each time I go to another race and watch David cross the finish line I tell myself that I should do my own triathlon. The problem is that I keep on telling myself that I should do it without actually following through. All of that is about to change.

My brother's girlfriend Chantal recently called me to tell me about a beginners only triathlon happening in the city. It is a super short flat course that has been built entirely for first time triathletes. When she told me that she was planning on doing it I thought "I should sign up!". Then reality set in.... I don't have a bike, my shoulder is no good and running is NOT easy for me.... I have a lot of work to do. The good thing is that I will have the best coach I could imagine (David) and both of my parents and Chantal are also doing the race.

I feel like I am taking on a huge task and I will be the first one to tell you scared I am. I am in relatively good shape. I go to the gym, I run on a treadmill, I have done two 5km races and I used to swim a lot. The only problem is.... I have no idea if I can put it all together....

The race I will be signing up for is the Give it a Tri race. The distances are as follows:
Swim 350m
Bike 15km
Run 4.5km

The race will take place in Edmonton on June 28, 2009. That's only 52 days from today! Yikes!

I will be keeping an online journal of my journey to the finish line over the next 52 days. I hope you will stay tuned! The outcome could be interesting......

Talk to you soon!

Steph