Open water

After a decent first attempt at trying the tri – my coach thought it a good idea for me to do an "aquabike." Evidently that's when you do the swim and bike portions of the race and then stop. So this weekend, I'm entering a half triathlon minus the 13.1 miles of running. It's an exciting prospect for me because I've never biked that far before (112 miles) and I've never swum in open water.

Of course as all things dealing with the triathlon seem to go – I was going to have to spend more money, this time on a wetsuit. I like the idea of swimming in open water – seems like it will be an adventure. But I am not looking forward to entering the water in a big black formed to body tire. However, that's what I'm going to do. I purchased the wetsuit over the internet – it's a lower priced suit from a company called Neosport – and it arrived yesterday. We'll see how it works. I'm going to test it out at a public pool tomorrow – I'm sure I won't feel self conscious at all (sarcasm).