Another sprint triathlon, am I crazy?

After a disastrous swim during my first ever sprint triathlon, I thought I’d never embarrass myself that way again. Y’all, my swimming was so bad I can’t even accurately describe it with words. Here’s how I thought I’d do and how I really did…

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There were bystanders (friends, family of athletes) watching from the lakeshore and I can’t shake the thought that they must’ve been laughing their heads off at the guy swimming in all the directions. I was fine with the biking and the running. Even if I wasn’t fast, at least I was going in the right direction! Plus, my bike has a bell so I mean, yeah, that’s awesome.

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Unfortunately, my competitive side has struck again. There’s another sprint triathlon coming up in about a month and my brother-in-law and I decided to sign up. He also did the last one with me, but he didn’t draw attention to himself the way I did with the embarrassing swimming. Did I mention I’m a bad swimmer yet?

So here we go again! Will I have another bad swim or have things changed? Can I improve my speed on my awesome 1970s bicycle? Can I run a little faster this time? So many questions and I’ll have answers 4 weeks from now. Wish me luck and if you happen to be watching or participating in a sprint triathlon anytime soon and you see a guy swimming haphazardly, won’t you be a kind person and point me in the right direction?

-Out of the Wilderness