So megoodmate Al and me have this thing. On our birthdays (which happen every year) we do something really stupid. In the year of our 24th birthdays, we drank 24 cans of beer (and a bunch of other crap too) in 24 hours 12 hours. In the year of our 26th birthdays we rode our motorbikes for 26 hours from England to Spain. (Don’t do that. It’s not clever.)
This year it’s the year of our 29th birthday. Now, since Al is getting married this year – in fact in April – the chances of us doing anything together to celebrate our birthdays is quite unlikely. So I’ve come up with something to do on my own. A triathlon. Now, it’s only a novice triathlon as I am, after all, a novice. So that means a 400m swim, a 12k bike and a 3k run. I’m struggling to come up with something that makes it vaguely to do with the number 29.
I’m training hard. The cycling is no problem as I regularly do 20+ miles. The swimming is OK – and since it’s a novice triathlon, it’s a pool swim, so 16 lengths – but the running is the main problem. I’ve never been a fan of running as it’s so boring.
Anyway, should be fun. Today I did an 8 mile ride, 3 mile run, 8 mile ride, 3 mile run and then a final 8 mile ride. Suffice it to say, I’m pretty shagged right now. What have I got myself in for?
(And what’s worse? There’s a guy at work who has done the Ironman – 4.5 mile swim, 112 mile cycle and a 26 mile run, in one day – 5 times!)
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