Well, I'm going to start training in swimming and biking. My goal is just to be able to do a sprint triathlon amount of bike and swim. No running for now... I'm worried I'll hurt something as runners seem to always do. So, I'm doing the two out of three low-impact parts of triathlon.

So, sprint triathlon distances are roughly:

• 800 meter (0.5 mile) swim


• 13 mile bike ride


• 3 mile (5k) run

I'm going to try to get to those first two distances in 12 weeks.

So, to help get there I bought myself a new bike today at Sports Authority. It's a Columbia Silver Ridge Mens Mountain Bike. I took it for a spin about an hour ago and... I like it! :-)