John signed up for the Kansas City Corporate Challenge triathlon, slated for 6/8/08, when he decided to cross train because of a running injury. He found a wetsuit on Craigslist being sold by a guy, who was retiring from the sport and also happened to be a former high school swim coach. He met with John a few times to teach him some techniques and gave him a video on swimming technique to watch. John eagerly swam laps at the 24-hour fitness pool in Overland Park, KS, improving his stroke count and quality of his swim. He then found a bike on Craigslist after realizing, to his displeasure, the one he bought from Chesterton Bike Station did not fit him well enough; it was too big. The majority of his training was swimming and biking, and he banked on just hobbling his way through the run.
The weather leading up to the race was full of rain, compromising the water quality, so they canceled the swim portion of the triathlon and turned it into a duathlon: Run, Bike, Run. Twice as many runs as John was planning to hobble through!
In the end, he did well, only lost his chain once on the bike on one of the uphills, and ran across the finish line, upright and smiling.
Rolling hills
nearing the finish
smiles!
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