I Won't Quite Retire My Goggles For The Year Yet...

I was ready to ditch the goggles for the year after last Sunday's race. Not because I hate swimming, but more because I wanted to focus on running with my upcoming races (XTERRA 7K, BRR and Spinx Half) and because swimming just sometimes is a lot of hassle and time commitment.

But now, I am signed up to do another sprint distance triathlon in two weeks.

The race is part of the Upstate Tri Series (like all other triathlons I did this year) and is organized by the Laurens YMCA. It's a 300 yards open water swim in Lake Rabon (where I did the training tri a couple of weeks ago), 12.3 mile bike and 3.1 mile run.

Why did I change my mind?

It's a local race with a distance I should be able to pull off comfortably even with my "7 Days Of Laziness". I also really liked the biking in our training triathlon and think this should be a fairly fast course. It's not exactly on the road we rode back then, but the area seems to be like good riding ground.

Photo Credit: Upstate Tri Series

YOU should sign up too and fast, because registration is going up $10.- after August 9th! As of yesterday, there are only 19 participants signed up.

It's funny cycle that I seem to go through with pretty much any race:

1. Pick a race.
2. Put in the training.
3. Get sick of the training.
4. Really don't feel like racing after all.
5. Having a blast racing (more or less).
6. Can't wait to get back into the hustle and bustle of things.
7. Repeat.

Guess in which stage I am currently? ;-)

So long!