First day of triathlon training!

Since I am still on vacation from last weeks trip to Chicago, and it's the first day of a brand new week, I thought what better way to spend it than to actually start my triathlon training! I went to a bike store to check out road bikes (pricing, size, etc) and am 99% sure of the one I am getting - a 2009 Gary Fisher ARC Super GS. Yeah, I know, this information meant NOTHING to me either as of 10:00 this morning, but after spending an hour with the guy at the store, and many more hours researching this brand on the internet at home, I've found that this is a good brand, with a good reputation (it comes under the same umbrella as Trek which, if you know bikes, you know Trek), so I feel pretty confident about this upcoming purchase.

Afterwards, I got on my $250 Costco-bought Schwinn Hybrid which, no offense to Schwinn, was a little like going to McDonalds for an apple pie dessert after just having eaten an expensive steak dinner. The difference between the GF road bike and the Schwinn is unparallel - just unbelievable.

After my 4.5 mile bike ride to the swimming pool, I swam my first non-stop 400m swim in 16:13, took a little break to work on my freestyle form, then gave the 400m another go and came out with a 14:08 time - not bad. This at least gives me a baseline to work from so I know what I need to improve on. It also proves that I WILL be able to actually swim 400m during the actual triathlon without dying!

I got back on the bike for the 4.5 mile trip home and am feeling pretty good about my workout for the day. However, 6 hours later, the fact that I am scheduled to do a 3 mile run tonight is slowly creeping up on me. After my dinner of penne pasta with green tea I'll hop on the treadmill to knock that one out as my marathon training runs concurrently with my triathlon training - something that I've also been procrastinating on.