Triathlons

I've not said to myself (yet) "I think I could do that!", with regards to a triathlon. To be honest i'm pretty sure I couldn't. Running, well that would be a piece of cake, cycling would be a nice time as I love cycling (although I 'd need to get a new bike). However, it seems that most events require 1500m swimming.

Now there-in lies my problem. If I wanted to enter I would have so much work to do to get my swimming up to scratch. I can swim and i've got some stamina but to go a whole mile is something else. I think it's the issue about breathing, i.e. if your head is in the water you can't. I know the idea is to roll so your head is out of the water but what with everything else going on, at speed breathing for me is something that just gets in he way and to keep it going for 1 mile or lots of minutes.

I've looked at training and drills and i'm sure I could improve, but to go a whole mile, non-stop seems like a huge undertaking. Respect to those who can do it.

All that said, 2 years ago I might have said something similar about running Marathons.

Maybe my next goal should be a specific cycling event?, that would be the easier discipline to get to grips with the "London to Paris 24" looks fun. That would give me loads of time to work on the swimming.

Running 26 miles, done and could do it again. Cycling 300 miles in 24 hours, doesn't seem too much to worry about. Swimming 1 mile, how can such a short distance be such a hurdle, enough to make me think twice or even 3 times, just 1 mile that's all, it's crazy.