So, after a bit of searching I managed to find some 2010 triathlon dates, including one of the races that I wanted to take part in.
The Crooked Lake Triathlon (Camlough, Co. Armagh) is down for Saturday 5th June 2010. Scary! It consists of 750m swim in the lake, 20k cycle followed by 5k run. Not too bad (in theory!).
Still no date that I can find for the Mourne Triathlon. It consists of 1000m swim in the lake, 32k cycle ending with a 10k run. Slightly more challenging.
What scares me the most are some of the times that people do for each discipline. Not that I have any intention of even thinking about competing with them, but the man who won last year posted a time of 11 minutes for a 1km swim. At the moment I am around the 30 minutes mark and that's just in a pool! Yes, the more I think about it, the swim is the thing that worries me most. I've never done ANY open water swim before.
Anyway, still 7 months left to shave a few minutes of everything. In a funny sort of way, I am starting to get excited.
UPDATE:
There is one event that I would love to do if the others work out ok - it's the Half Ireman on the 22nd August: 1.9km swim, 90km bike ride and 21km (half marathon) run. In fact, I'm going to pen that one in. If I am able to and haven't drowned in one of the others, I am going to give it a go!
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