I did it! I finished my first triathlon, the Charlottesville Sprint in my hometown-away-from-hometown (Charlottesville, VA, home to UVA).

This is a guest post article written by Anna, writer and treadmill tester for RunReviews, a project dedicated mostly to treadmill reviews and treadmill workouts . Thanks Anna for the great workout – I can’t wait to use it when training for the Charlottesville Fall Classic 10k this fall!

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This past Sunday I did one of the most useful training sessions I possibly could have done for my upcoming triathlon (Charlottesville Sprint, 6/27/2010). I attended Tri2Bmore’s triathlon racing clinic, where local coach Liz Flynn (www.tri2bmore.com) and her team taught 25 aspiring triathletes techniques for racing in a multisport event.
The day started at 7:00am at a local outdoor pool with introductions, a bike check, and body marking. Then the 25 of us (mostly women, interestingly) broke up into two waves (WAVE ONE RULES!) and started in on the clinic. My …