Don’t stand on the sidelines. Tri something new and maybe find a new you.
Some members of Cotton-Patch Tri-Club
Seven weeks. In seven weeks, you can gain 20 Twitter followers, 20 hamsters or 20 pounds around your midsection. Or you can spend the next seven weeks training for the inaugural Madison Fitness Triathlon (400 yd. pool swim, 15 mile bike and 5K run), Sunday, October 18.
It’s win/win. Become a triathlete and make a good dent in losing 20 pounds. Gain 20 new triathlete Twitter followers. And ditch those 20 hamsters by sealing them in unmarked cardboard boxes which you place on neighbor’s back stoop. After knocking, you can flash away as lightening since you are now a triathlete.
In seven weeks change yourself.
Join the burgeoning ranks of individuals who swim, bike and run. Maybe the idea of completing a race always intrigued you. “I’ll do that one day.” Well, that day has arrived.
Barring medical issues, most people with proper time devoted to training can compete in this race. But if the idea of raising your heart rate is little more than resting on the couch watching the Bulldog’s kickoff, maybe enough training time left is an issue. Never fear, you can still compete. Get an up close look at this triathlon stuff. Receive a cool t-shirt.
Just think…relay.
You haven’t swum much lately, but enjoy it. Look around your workplace, family or friends and grab a buddy who likes to bike. Then tag-team a pal who owns a pair of running shoes. In the next seven weeks each can swim enough, bike enough and run enough to become comfortable with that portion of the race.
Or volunteer to help race day. Be a kind soul who offers Gatorade, hands out bananas and gives an encouraging thumbs up when I am wondering why the heck I signed-on for this race. Don’t tell a soul, but during some races it crosses my mind, YOU IDIOT! Who did you think you were signing up for such a thing? Elizabeth Branch?
Thankfully this idiot/Elizabeth Branch phase passes rather quickly and is replaced by a sensation of winning.
Hmm. This is too public a forum to get away with such blatant fibbery. No, I don’t place in these things like Elizabeth Branch, who is so nice I don’t fret how God obviously loves her much more than me to have bestowed on her such super-freaky athletic genes.
I might not win, but I do experience a slightly euphoric “I did it.” I did something that required preparation, training and jumping in the water when they told my group to go and I wasn’t so sure I wanted to jump in the water at that moment. But more afraid of being the only one standing on the beach clutching a bright pink bathing cap, I leapt.
Take the leap. If you need relay help – contact my husband. He loves to bike and his arm wouldn’t need much twisting to do cycle portion. With questions contact Greg at Madison Fitness Center or Dan Newton 706-224-0002. Drop me an email jamie@jamiemiles.com. Don’t spend another year on the sidelines. Compete as an individual, a relay or volunteer. Tri something new. T
The overall winner receives a fabulous accolade just from me. A special surprise prize in an unmarked, cardboard box that might require signing a waiver and a promise not to open until reaching home.
How did it go? Were there hundreds of participants?
They had a great turnout..though the weather was cold. Think they may do it a little earlier next year..maybe you can tri to come. 🙂