Sunday, April 12, 2009

Tomorrow is my first lesson!

That's right... I have finally found a private swimming instructor who
is prepared to get me through this learn to swim thing! I'm excited.
10 lessons crammed into about 3 weeks. They say training for
Triathlons actually helps with marathon training as well. I've read
several different articles in which marathoners wanted to break 3 hour
and after training for a Tri actually did it. Maybe I could shave a
little time off?!

The race I'm scheduled to run in October is one of the top 10 fastest
marathons in the US. 25% of the group that runs it actually qualifies
for Boston. Only 700 people run it! Hope it proves that same for
me : ) (not the qualifying part... But the fast part!)

I'm raising money to help support the mission of The Leukemia &
Lymphoma Society while training for my first Triathlon! Please visit: http://pages.teamintraining.org/md/irongcol09/adiegelman
to donate.

2 comments:

o2bhiking said...

I'll be interested in following your progress Ann Marie. I really think I would like to do a tri next time for TNT, shake it up a bit. But I need to learn to swim and buy a bike first. The running part is under control but the other two thirds of the triathlon are definitely new experiences for me! Art

Shawn said...

You do great! I'm excited for you and can't wait to read about your experiance!