matt ward's blog
Collegiate Nationals Baby!!
So collegiate nationals is this Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. For some of us (like myself) this will be our first experience racing at a big time event. I'm totally psyched and ready to destroy destroy destroy, but more than anything I'm impressed with how far i've come since beginning triathlon in august 07. two goals i set for myself shortly after joining the team were to do an olympic distance triathlon and to put myself in a position where I would be able to go to the collegiate nationals. i've accomplished both goals, but i've got one more in mind for this weekend--leave it all on the course when its all said and done (while having a FUN time and enjoying the fact that i can do something like this).
First Race--Tinfoilman
So I did the Tinfoilman this past weekend (my first triathlon or race for that matter). Here is my story:
