I became interested in triathlon during my remote tour. A good friend and her husband were triathletes, and I thought it sounded interesting. But several factors kept me from ever pursuing it. At the time I wasn't a cyclist - didn't even own a bike - and by the time I took up cycling after I'd turned 40 I'd really lost track of my interest in triathlon. It was a conscious decision, really: it didn't seem right to pursue it when my primary motivation was from a relationship that I'd gotten so badly out of balance - really, the last of several over a decade - that I didn't even try to have another opposite gender close friendship for nearly twenty years. I'm so grateful to be free from that broken dynamic, and to have several friendships that testify to this.
So now Team RWB has renewed my interest. There are a fair number of triathletes in the group, and I started itching to do one while lap swimming this winter. It was almost too late. My kidney function has reduced far enough that my doctor was very cautious before finally giving me his blessing for this race.
This time tomorrow I will have fulfilled this goal. There may not be many more, if any, but at least there will be this one thing I have set my mind to and accomplished.
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