Training for the Triathlon has been a little more expensive than I had anticipated.  I went to the bike shop on South Street tonight and bought some equipment: shoes, pedals, and a helmet.  Luckily, I have a friend of the family who has been biking for years and is going to lend me a decent road bike.

Shamino Road Shoes: $100

Look Classic Pedals: $100

Helmet: $50

Grand total: $250!

It was an expensive day.

Not Having to buy a whole bike: -$1,000 (Thanks Steve)

It’s been a while since I posted my training progress but I’ve been working hard this week.  I took 2 days off last weekend due to weekend work, but jumped right back in on Monday.

Over the weekend I had an interesting conversation with Brian Mavi, one of the singers in a band I play in.  Brian’s a greate singer, but he also is a personal trainer.  I started talking to him about my triathlon sprint plans and my swimming struggles and he had a very interesting suggestion - swim with weights.

So I went out in search for ankle and wrist weights.  Four stores later I finally found a set of 1.5 ankle and wrist weights at WalMart (probably the first time in a year since I had to walk into that place).

They were pretty light when I put them on at the pool, but the water quickly made them feel 3x’s heavier.  I warmed up with 4 laps (no weights), then started swimming with the weights.  I barely made 2 laps. Final result:

4 x 25m

4 sets of 2 x 25m equaling a whopping 6 laps!

Total cost for 2 sets of weights: $22.00