TRIATHLON

My journey into the sport of Triathlon began when I was 23 years old. While working out at the local fitness center a friend approached me and asked me if I would be interested in competing in a triathlon. Always willing to try something new, I said "why not? With a strong swimming background and a borrowed Schwinn Sun Tour Ten Speed, I took the first steps down a road that I DID NOT REALIZE WOULD RESHAPE MY LIFE... My training routine began to form. A competitive swimmer in my youth, cycling and running presented my greatest obstacles. Completely unaware of the challenges that lay ahead, increasingly distant bike rides and haphazard running workouts were the framework of my training. Race day, June 15, 1985 in a driving rain, and a mass start, I was one of 1800 triathletes to compete in the Coors Sprint Triathlon in Cape Cod, Mass. After a ¼ mile swim, 10 mile bike, and a 3.1 mile run. I placed 160th. Immediately, I knew I had to have more, and so it began... Amy Rice, 2-time..

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