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The Joy of Mountain Biking

The smell of the trees, of nature, The shaded cover of the overhead canopy, That feel of the first crunch, As you transition from pavement to dirt The rush of wind past your ears, The blur of trees in peripheral vision, Your mind & body focusing on the narrow singletrack ahead, Left! Right! Lean back! Your instincts shout as you tackle the terrain, Your fingers playing with the brakes to keep your speed in check, That adrenaline rush as you hang time or smoothly tackle a rock garden, The feel of your suspension compressing & elation soaring, The pounding in your chest, your ears, The burning in your lungs, your legs, As you push through one more pedal stroke on the arduous climb, Clearing the technical switchbacks while holding the tempo, "Left. Right. Left. Right," Leaning down onto your bars to provide more power from your core to your legs, Or even standing up as you almost lose traction, That screaming success when you'v

A Fledgling Triathlete

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This past weekend, my little brother & I did our very first triathlon! I would've posted this earlier but I've been so busy... Anyway, here I am. :)  In this post, I will cover the basics of triathlon, as well as my experience as a fledgling triathlete. Who knows, anyone of guys want to pick it up sometime. ;D I'll start with the basics first.  Tried writing my experience first but they were too many loopholes that I felt an introduction was necessary. Basically, a triathlon is an athletic event where athletes have to do 3 sports consecutively.  Athletes start out with the swim, then move to bike (cycle, not motorbike), and finally to the run.  Distances vary depending on factors such as age, type of event, level of competition, so on and so forth.  For adults, a 'short' triathlon is known as a sprint triathlon.  On the other extreme, there is the Ironman. Crazy tough event but I digress. In a triathlon, you swim a fixed distance, then move to the bike, cy