Tomorrow we’ll be heading down to Lake San Antonio for my 2nd Wildflower Triathlon. Last year I entered the Mountain Bike course. This year I decided to up the ante and try for the Olympic distance.

The course is a 1.5km swim, a 40km bike, and then a 10km run (that’s 1-mile/25-miles/6-miles for the imperially inclined). While it’s no Iron Man, they say the bike “should be considered relatively difficult” and the run is a “combination of road and trails, through campgrounds and challenging hills”.

The training has been pretty tough. I injured my back last October, which meant I started the running training later than I would have liked. I’ve also found it stressful finding the time to train (doing an IronMan must be almost a fulltime job).

For the last couple of months I’ve been working out 5 or 6 days a week; with weights, runs, and swims in the infinity pool, during the week; then long bike rides, runs on the embarcadero, and swims in the bay, on the weekend. Running after cycling is hard on the legs, my knees and ankles are pretty sore this week.

Anyway, I do it because I enjoy the challenge. Hopefully I’ll finish with a reasonable time and legs that still work. I’ve already signed up for the 12km Bay-to-Breakers run in 2-weeks and the Silicon Valley International Triathlon in 6-weeks.

Wish me luck!