Biker Dad

And so it begins.

It all started last year (2013) with a walking challenge and a Mountain Bike. The walking challenge turned into a 5K run and the Mountain Bike turned into riding five miles each way to work. I would drop my car off 5 1/2 miles away from work put the front wheel back on the bike and I’m off.

There were two immediate benefits to this regime.
   

1. I saw a pretty quick drop in my waist line, and
2. Where I dropped off my car it was the worst part of the journey to work, so I would enjoy the ride as others stressed out about being late.

This quickly turned into the idea of doing the Super Sprint level of the London (Virgin Active Triathlon) I mentioned in an earlier blog, that Doing it on a Mountain Bike was less than fun, but I have to say that the event was a blast and I am up for it again this year with a road bike instead.

The third thing that I did not see coming was that last year, six of us from work entered. We had a team of three in the relay and then three of us who competed at varying levels of competency (or insanity) depending on how you look at it. What is amazing is this year so far we have 21 people taking part and it ranges from out Managing Director right on down the ranks, including two teams from Finance, that alone is worth the effort.

So I started off today with my first time trial. I completed my first 2 1/2 K in 18.01 Minutes averaging a 7.10 K per hour run. Not bad given that I have not been out since last year. (Now that’s a mistake my body will regret)

Tomorrow is the swim. For the Super Sprint that is 400 mtrs and on Saturday it’s the 10K bike.

Going forward for the next four months the training will be at least three of each of the disciplines per week. This is where I fell short last year by not being committed enough to the training. But after I experienced the thrill of completing the Triathlon (My first ever) I saw the benefit of doing it right.

So here I am:

58
175lbs
39 inch waist (I lost out there)

I have three goals:

1. Complete the Triathlon and be first in my age group
2. Take as many people with me as I can be of inspiration to
3. And as a bonus, I hope to look great in jeans and a T Shirt again!

What are your goals and dream?


See you there.

Biker Dad