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I am told that when (if) I participate in the triathlon, I will be driven nuts by the repetition of "SHE SWIMS, SHE BIKES, SHE RUNS, SHEROX!" coursing through the speakers on race day. So, the burning questions, when I was deciding whether to do this triathlon, were: Can I swim? (NO! Never learned. I got in the water to see whether I could do anything at all, but I only confirmed that I couldn't swim a bit and was scared of the water to boot!) Can I run? (I never did, but I gave it a whirl before I signed on and I could get through the mileage required. Never mind that I hated it, and thought that each step was pure torture!) Can I ride? (Well, I hadn't ridden a bike outside in about 10 years, but I took a spinning class every week, and rode that pretty hard!) And so, with thoughts of swimming lessons running through my head (after all, I was making the kids take them and encouraging them to get over their fear of the water; what kind of role model was I anyway??) I signed up for the triathlon. I wasn't confident that I would be able to learn to swim in time, but the possibility of the race being filled up if I DID learn to swim (and after I had trained all summer) would be too disappointing. I promised myself that I would not let it ruin my summer, and that I would not change my gym routine too dramatically. I had so much fun in the classes I was already taking, I did not want to give them up! And so, I signed up for the event, knowing that I may not learn to swim in time, but also knowing that I could back out at the last minute if I needed to.