My fundraising goal for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society with Team in Training is $3,300. LLS is an incredible organization and I'm so proud to have joined such a great program that's able to contribute so much to blood cancer research. After our kick-off meeting at the Oakland Marriott last weekend I had my packet with all the info on TNT on the bus, and a woman sitting next to me introduced herself as a cancer survivor, and wanted to let me know she was so appreciative of all the organization does for cancer patients.
To raise funds I'll be holding a Date Auction event on Wednesday, July 1st and hopefully raise a good amount of money for my fundraising campaign.
I wanted to make this blog to track my progress with my training program. I have absolutely NO experience with endurance sports, and while I consider myself a fairly active person I've never done anything remotely as intense as this. On the info sheet we had to fill out at our kick-off event you had to write a number next to the events you've completed... you know how many times you've completed each of the usual suspects: half marathon, 10k, 5k, century ride, marathon... hmm, nope nope nope nope and nope. When I tell people I'm training for a triathlon, people ask me "so which do you think is your weakest sport?" In truth, the answer should be "ummm all of them."
I swam briefly when I was on the novice waterpolo team freshman year (it never progressed past that because I was exactly that- a novice. One that hugged the sidelines at that), I haven't owned a bike since college (...but I do enjoy spin class!) and although I've run up to 6 miles a couple times in my life, it's usually a struggle to make it past 2.
Luckily our coaches have outlined a specific workout schedule for the next 4 months and with the support system of TNT I feel confident that come September I'll be ready to become a full-fledge triathlete! Looking forward to everything to come, and recording it here!
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