My First

Today I'm hitting the pool for the first time to begin the training of the swim leg of the triathlon I'm training for.

I have a Speedo bathing suit, goggles, and a swim cap. I tried them on and I look a little something like this:


I'm exaggerating really.

**********EDIT**************

The chlorine in the pool is brutal. My already parched skin is even more dry and now itchy. I didn't have ear plugs, so my ears are feeling a little achey from the bleach leaching into them. Plus, I ditched the goggles because the lenses are too big, so I need to buy smaller ones.

Aside from the items I listed previously, ear plugs are on the list of supplies to buy.

So once I have everything I need, instead of looking like a Sleestak from Land of the Lost (Kerri, take note of that), I will look more like this: