  Well, my first triathlon is in 11 days!!! I am doing the sprint distance at Lake Chapparel. I am so excited and nervous at the same time. I love being able to tell people that I am training for a tri because it amazes the shit out of everyone and it makes me feel really good.
I started training about 8 weeks ago(I think). A girl from work had just finished her first sprint triathlon, and when I found out that she had just learned how to swim this spring, I thought "If she can do it, so can I". At that point, I hadn't swam laps in about 20 years. God that makes me sound so old. The last time I did laps was for my Bronze Medallion in swimming when I was 16 yrs old.
I also hadn't ran in a long time either. Since my dd was born 3 yrs ago, I have had issues with my deep core muscles as well as my IT band and gluteus medius that made it painful to run. The good news is that I now can run 5 km(33 minutes on the treadmill), swim750 metres, and cycle 20 km. Now to put it all together. I did try a couple of brick workouts this past week: On Saturday, I cycled 15 km followed immediately by 1 mile of running. No problem!! I think that is because I barely make it to work on time most days and I break into a run to get into the building, down the hallway and up the stairs.
I didn't realize that I had MONTHS of brick workouts under my belt already LOL. Yesterday, I cycled 15 km followed immediately by 20 minutes of swimming. Kind of backwards, but I did it. Also, last night was my last weight training session before my tri. I have been doing a full body weight workout 1-2 x week the last couple of months. Today is a well deserved and needed day off. 
