From Brooklyn to Beijing

Well, I’ve been back in Beijing for over 2 weeks and so I guess it’s time for a blog update. Now, I haven’t started work yet and the city doesn’t seem so new this year, so I thought I’d start the year with a blog about my first triathlon in China! On September 10 th , I raced in the Beijing International Sprint triathlon (the Olympic was the next day). Now, having not trained all season besides a bike ride here and there, I wasn’t sure what to expect. But wow, it was amazing! Not only that, but I came in second in my age group! (I wasn’t even very fast hahah) it was a westernized Chinese experience for sure and I’m excited to share it.! So the first thing was getting to the race venue.   My lovely friend May told me she hired a man with a van who would pick me up at 4 am. Great! The only problem is I’m currently living within a campus and the gate closes at 11 pm and the security guards go to sleep. But I knocked on the window for a good ten minutes and finally a slee...