Quote Originally Posted by Nia View Post
Thank you so much for all the encouraging messages everyone!! I am very determined to learn and am looking forward to it when i think about tkaing that first run into the water on my first tri! ...I will look for some private lessons...othersie i will join the adult swim at the local community centre when it opens again...ughh! It is good hear that so many have done this and made it through!! I think i just need to get over my own fear/embarresment (boy, that is a lethal mix isn't it??)
Yeah, fear and embarrassment can be a powerful combination but you are even stronger!

I grew up at the water and in the water but when I decided I wanted to do triathlon I discovered that I really didn't know how to swim. Sure, I could get myself across the pool, but it was an absolute mess. I did private lessons once a week, starting with learning how to kick properly. I remember being really nervous and embarrassed the first time I went to do lap swimming. I felt like everyone was better than I was and that they'd see how bad I was. Not true! That was almost two years ago. I'm still only a middle-of-pack swimmer but I know that I can do a triathlon swim and then rock the ride and finish the run.

If I can do it, you can do it!