A Woman's Primer to Triathlons
Before triathlon, I had never done a sport in my life. My hand-eye coordination is incredibly lacking, to put it nicely. K-12 gym classes aside, and 3 years of recreational gymnastics where, already 5'7" at age 11, I was told I was "too tall," I've spent the majority of my life as a dancer. I traded in this "glamour".... ....for hideous race photos. Awesome. By way of burn-out, I "retired" from competitive ballroom dancing at the ripe age of 25, after deciding that I was tired of pouring all of my free time, money, and resources towards becoming a professional ballroom dancer. It wasn't fun anymore. I'd always secretly admired triathletes - how cool is it that they kick ass at not one but THREE sports?! AND...there is no hand-eye coordination involved! ;-) Zach and I began to train for triathlons around the same time, but I didn't have any females to turn to for more lady-centered questions & adv...