Greetings everyone! I am sitting here in DCKT head quarters on top of a sore bottom as I am in training for the sprint triathlon this Sunday! I’ve been doing some last minute cramming with the help of some guide friends. Michelle and I swam from Nicolet Bay to Horshoe Island yesterday and today I ran like the wind. In anticipation of this Sunday, I’ve even laid off eating my weekly pint of Ben and Jerry’s.
The Tri capped off at 1000 people on May 12th. That’s quite a few people. The race will begin at 8 am in Murphy Park, which ironically, is the same place where we launch our kayaks for our “down winder” tours. So naturally, come the 400 yard swim I think I will have a large advantage because I know Murphy Park waters like the I know the “Carlisle” on our paddles.
Doing the sprint part of the tri, I’ll be swimming 400 yards, biking 18 miles then running, (if I survive the swimming and biking) the run is 5k, which comes out to be 3ish miles of running. The real brave IRON men/women will be
