Matt Grabau's blog
Posted December 14th, 2007 by Matt Grabau
"Firsts" after 6 months of triathlon training.
So, after many years (don't ask how many!) of talking about it but not signing up, I finally joined TriCats. I have been running long distance off-and-on for ~7 years (2 Tucson Marathons...woohoo!), but the cycle has always been overtrain for 6 months, do an event, get burnt out, and get lazy for 6 months. Triathlon has brought diversity to my training and has kept me interested...it is awesome to actually look forward to training. Cycling has been quite a discovery. I was addicted after one ride... Surprisingly, I have become a much faster runner while running much less!
Anyway, I came up with a list of endurance training/event "firsts" that have come during my initiation to this new sport (sports?):
