Swim, Bike, Run and More - The Tri Journey

Disclaimer : Some of the experiences and remedies called out in this post could be specific to me as a individual and mustn't be generalized. Intention of this post is to provide some leads around self diagnosis and not suggest solutions. Please attempt to understand mechanics thoroughly before attempting anything.  The worst of the bicycling discomforts came my way when i decided to switch from SPD to SPD-SL. I was always in a dilemma on whether to switch from SPD to SPD-SL given that there weren't any great leads that depicted significant tangible benefits from this transition. Anyways, i decided to make the switch. My bike fit was done on SPD pedals and i decided that i would move to SPD-SL with the same bike fit and try and address the niggles myself as i use the pedals and get accustomed to it. Often i hear negativity around using google towards learning. But, for some of the niggles, i always believed that as far as i am able to read enough and understand the mechan...

Now that I am out of the state of ecstasy that followed the completion of Full Iron Triathlon at Chennai organized by Chennai Trekking Club, just thought of sitting back and articulating the Journey that culminated in breaking the 226.3 Km (140.6 Miles) barrier. To set the pitch, let me start with a bit of my background. My involvement in any form of activity or sport has been very recreational in nature all the way till Jan 2018 and I was neither athletic nor tried to be one till then. Perhaps, it continues to be recreational with just a tinge of passion in Tri-Sport now. At the beginning of 2018, I had about 10 years of swimming acquaintance behind me with me being able to swim about 1500 m in 45 minutes without screwing my heart out. Had always liked cycling in childhood but my rendezvous with some serious cycling started when I was stripped off my driving license in 2012 in US because of my passing out in the middle of the night at home and having got admitted in eme...