On Saturday I competed in the Equinox Indoor Triathlon (top finishers get free entry into the Malibu Triathlon) and it was a lot of fun! It was pretty low key; I got there around 3, jumped in the pool 15 minutes later and was racing away.
The tri consisted of a 10 lap (20 lenghts of the pool) swim, a 10 mile bike ride in the spin room and a 3.1 mile run on the treadmills. We had about 10 minutes between each event to get changed (although no one was actually timing). It was fun to challenge myself at the gym as opposed to just on real race days.
Because everyone had different start times you really were just competing against yourself. I’m naturally a competitive person so I pushed myself pretty hard throughout and I felt great at the end. I think the most important takeaway for me was that I can push myself MUCH harder when I’m at the gym. This was really just a for-fun race, yet I got myself working way harder than my typical weekend visit to the gym.
Here were my times:
- Swim: 10:11
- Bike: 27:05
- Run: 24:30
I was by no means the fastest person out there, but I left feeling like I gave it my full effort. If your gym hosts indoor tri’s I definitely recommend signing up. And if they don’t, create your own one day and give yourself a challenge!
