Could you do this? Quickly? In open water, with a lot of other people? I couldn't. Not today anyway. The past few summers I have been thinking about competing in a triathlon. I almost signed up for the Chicago Triathlon this year and if I had, I would have been swimming, biking, and running this morning (and probably all summer long for training). Alas, I just couldn't psych myself up to press that "register now" button. So today as I was on a morning run, I thought about all those folks swimming over top of each other in Lake Michigan, biking down Lake Shore Drive, and running...wherever they run. Maybe next year I will participate, but for now congratulations to all those who pressed the "submit registration" button. Well done!
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All I can say is, "F that".
I MIGHT be able to do the bike/run part, but I'd drown in a heartbeat after that. Doesn't help that I can't swim worth a crap...
That's exactly why I chickened out this year...again. I can swim, but I'm really scared of people swimming over me, kicking me in the head, and then sinking to the bottom of Lake Michigan. I think I want to try a smaller, less popular triathlon first so that I have a better chance of survival.
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