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Becoming a Triathlete After Retirement – Linda Brooks

May 14, 2019
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In episode 33, Jill and Chris talk with Linda Brooks, about becoming a triathlete after retirement. Linda became active after she retired from her work as a medical transcriptionist and now regularly swims, bikes and runs. Download | Play in New Window Please Subscribe: Apple Podcasts  (iTunes) | Google Podcasts | Android-Google Play | Stitcher | Player FM | Castbox | Tunein | Spotify | RSS Linda started running in 2011 and has a group of friends that call themselves the 50+ Posse. She gets up early in the morning to workout. Around 2015 she started bicycling. She was active in the Slow Roll bicycling group in Cleveland that meets every Monday at different locations to ride through the city for about ten miles. It is good for beginner bike riders because the group rides slowly. Other cities also have Slow Roll bicycle clubs. Linda retired in December 2015 and...

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My First Indoor Triathlon

March 28, 2019
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Recently, I did my first triathlon of any kind. I was nervous about it, mainly because I thought it was likely that I’d not be able to finish it. Fortunately, I did finish and ended up being happy over the results. Indoor Triathlon Set Up This indoor triathlon was set up for: 10 minutes swimming in a lap pool 25 minutes riding a stationary bike 20 minutes running on a treadmill Indoor triathlons are probably easier than outdoor ones because the swimming is in a pool instead of open water. There are no issues with weather or having to figure out where you’re going. Also, it’s a great advantage to be able to kick off from the wall every time you turn direction in the pool. The bikes...

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Who Thought Up Swimming as a Sport?

January 15, 2018
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It was 2o F this morning so what did I decide to do? Go swimming! I’m signing up for an indoor triathlon at my gym. It’s held in early March. The race is swim for 10 minutes, bicycle for 25 minutes and run for 20 minutes. Everything is done in the gym, so the run is on a treadmill and the bicycle is a bike used for spinning classes. For me, the order of ease with this is running, bicycling, and dragging up the rear is swimming. I know I can run for 20 minutes. I can ride the bicycle for 25 minutes though probably not very fast. The swimming is a problem. Initially I thought, swim for ten minutes? How hard could that be? Turns...

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