Last night was orientation for

Last night was orientation for On The Run’s triathlon training program. It sounds promising, though I realized that I am going to be working out a lot more this summer than I have in summers past! That, however, is one of the reasons I signed up in the first place. I need the motivation.

We start on Saturday with a swim session at a local indoor pool. I’m looking forward to it, because we will each get a stroke evaluation. I’m going to go ahead and predict that one suggestion for me will to learn to breathe on both sides! I always turn my head to the right.

There are people of all abilities in this program, and so there will be people who need serious work on their swimming. I’m sure I’m the odd man out — since the swim is my strongest part! However, it sounds like the program will be flexible enough for us to get out of it whatever we choose. For me, that means training consistently (always a challenge for me, no matter what the event) and hopefully getting a little faster — in all three disciplines.

The only real disappointment is that the goal race — the Cinco Ranch Triathlon on August 27 — has been reduced from Olympic to sprint distance. I was really looking forward to going my first middle distance race! Instead, I’ll focus on getting faster rather than going longer. Someday, though, I do have my eyes on a middle distance tri…and hopefully a Half-Ironman!