I am a VERY modest person and always was, since young. Even if I had the worlds best body I would be, which I don’t. #newbie #triathletes should know this stuff is hard. #triathlontraining is one thing - without physical obstacles. Mentally there are even more hurdles like… this stupid outfit, never having been in a giant group of cyclists, living in Windy, Kansas and not being able to swim 500 meters without pausing yet. My left knee still has fluid on it but I can’t do anything about it until after #myfirsttri. So I have not been able to train as I had planned to back in February… I’m not even going to run until my event as I can’t afford to hurt the knee more before it. So i am just cycling and swimming to prepare. I hate this skintight thing on my person which I’m making myself wear today to ride the bike that still makes me nervous and I will wear it to open water swimming Monday night too. I took the tags and plastic protection off the #bettydesigns zipper pull as the first step of ownership. Tim just cut the stem off my seat post to lower it so the handlebars are higher and he fixed the clacking pedals by straightening the CycleOps skewer. NONE of this stuff is as easy as I had hoped it would be, or as pleasant. I did not expect this. But I have no regrets - I really want to do this and am hoping by next year I’ve resolved the issues I’m having now so I can keep doing #triathlons. I do have the bug under my skin and can’t seem to stop trying though I wish I were achieving it more elegantly. Life is fleeting. #JustTri 😊