Triathlon

So I have been really lazy since I ran the marathon. I want to get back in shape (specially with my wedding coming up) but I feel like a need a goal. So I thought of doing a triathlon. I looked for triathlons around my area and found one in Luray, VA on August 16.
http://luraytriathlon.com/Register.html

That is 8 weeks away! Ahh.. but I am going to try it out. I will attempt the spring triathlon (750m swim/16-mile bike/5K run).

I am a little scared of the swimming. I have never really liked swimming, and haven't done it in years, but we will see how it goes. Fairfax county offers some recreation centers that where I could use the pool:
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/recenter.htm

I found this 8 week training program from Hal Higdon:
http://www.halhigdon.com/trifit/trifast.htm

Week	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
June 22-28	Strength	Run 30 min	Bike 45 Strength	Swim 20 Run 25	Rest	Run 30 min	Swim 30 Run 30
June 29-July 5	Strength	Bike 30 Run 15	Swim 15 Run 30	Run 30 Strength	Rest	Run 35 min	Swim 30 Bike 30
July 6-12	Strength	Run 35 min	Bike 50 Strength	Swim 30 Run 20	Rest	Run 40 min	Swim 30 Run 45
July 13-19	Strength	Bike 40 Run 10	Swim 30 Run 15	Run 30 Strength	Rest	Run 45 min	All 3 90 min
July 20-26	Strength	Run 40 min	Bike 30 Strength	Swim 30 Run 25	Rest	Run 50 min	Swim 30 Run 45
July 27-Aug 2	Strength	Bike 40 Run 15	Swim 15 Run 40	Run 40 Strength	Rest	Run 55 min	Swim 30 Bike 60
Aug 3-9	Strength	Run 45 min	Bike 40 Strength	Swim 30 Run 30	Rest	Run 60 min	Swim 30 Run 60
Aug 10-16	Strength	Bike 30 Run 30	Swim 30 Run 30	Run 30	Rest	Rest	Triathlon

Race Results

Marine Corps MarathonOctober 26, 2008
Arlington, VA
http://results.active.com/pages/searchform.jsp#hot_links
Bib: 10451
Div: Females 25-29
Age: 29
Chip Time: 4:38:50
Average Pace: 10:38
Overall Place: 9,353/18,281 (Top 51.2%)
Sex Place: 2,923/7,152 (Top 40.9%)
Division Place: 719/1,597 (Top 45%)
Age Grade: 48.6%
Splits:

5K: 0:32:53 - 10:35 min/mile avg. pace
10K: 1:04:34 - 10:23
15K: 1:36:11 - 10:19
20K: 2:08:06 - 10:18
Half: 2:16:08 - 10:23
25K: 2:40:36 - 10:20
30K: 3:13:32 - 10:23
35K: 3:47:42 - 10:28
40K: 4:23:14 - 10:35

Marathon: 4:38:50 - 10:38

Parks Half Marathon 
September 14, 2008
Montgomery County, MD
http://www.parkshalfmarathon.com/

Women's Place: 435/950
Division Place:  86/166
Gun Time: 2:13:06
Net Time: 2:09:15
Pace: 9:52

More Half-Marathon
Distance:  13.1 Miles, 21.1 Kilometers
Date/Time:  April 10, 2005, 8:00 am 
Location:  Central Park, NYC
Weather:  60-67 degrees, sunny and clear
http://web5.nyrrc.org/cgi-bin/htmlos.cgi/6697.1.631550662525528289


      
Sex/
Age
             
State
    
Overall
Place
   
Gender
Place
   
Age
Place
   
Net
Time
   
Finish
Time
   
Pace/
Mile
    
AG
Time
   
AG
Gender
Place
   
AG %
 
         
F26
            
VA
   
568
   
568
   
62
   
2:01:44
   
2:06:03
   
9:17
   
2:01:44
   
877
   
 54.0 %

Runner+

I have been using the nike+ website to keep track of my runs, but it really annoyed me that you could not see split times.
Therefore I looked for other sites where I could track my runs. I did not want to do something manual, but I found this http://www.runnerplus.com site that synchronizes your runs from nike+, and it shows more information (split times!).

Check out my profile:
My Running Log

My Marathon Training

Hal Higdon's
MARATHON
TRAINING GUIDE

Week	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun	Tot
1 (June 23-29)	rest	3 m run	3 m run	3 m run	rest	7	cross	16
2 (June 30-July 6)	rest	3 m run	3 m run	3 m run	rest	8	cross	17
3 (July 7-13)	rest	3 m run	4 m run	3 m run	rest	6	cross	16
4 (July 14-20)	rest	3 m run	6 m pace	3 m run	rest	11	cross	23
5 (July 21-27)	rest	3 m run	6 m run	3 m run	rest	12	cross	24
6 (July 28-Aug 3)	rest	3 m run	6 m pace	3 m run	rest	9	cross	21
7 (Aug 4-10)	rest	4 m run	7 m pace	4 m run	rest	14	cross	29
8 (Aug 11-17)	rest	4 m run	7 m run	4 m run	rest	15	cross	30
9 (Aug 18-24)	rest	4 m run	7 m pace	4 m run	rest	11	cross	26
10 (Aug 25-31)	rest	4 m run	8 m pace	4 m run	rest	17	cross	33
11 (Sep 1-7)	rest	5 m run	8 m run	5 m run	rest	18	cross	36
12 (Sep 8-14)	rest	5 m run	8 m pace	5 m run	rest	**13	cross	31
13 (Sep 15-21)	rest	5 m run	9 m run	5 m run	rest	20	cross	38
14 (Sep 22-28)	rest	5 m run	9 m run	5 m run	rest	14	cross	33
15 (Sep 29-Oct 5)	rest	5 m run	10 m run	5 m run	rest	20	cross	40
16 (Oct 6-12)	rest	5 m run	8 m run	4 m run	rest	12	cross	29
17 (Oct 13-19)	rest	4 m run	5 m run	3 m run	rest	8	cross	20
18 (Oct 20-26)	rest	3 m run	4 m run	2 m run	rest	rest	race	9

** Races scheduled:
http://www.parkshalfmarathon.com/
http://www.marathoncharitypartners.org/penguins/