Who's Doing the TRY and Why: Andrea Huey

Posted with permission of Vincennes Sun Commercial
Published: VINCENNES SUN COMMERCIAL
Thursday, May 13, 2010 3:59 PM EDT

Andrea Huey started training for the SIS Women’s TRYathlon at the beginning of the year. She says, “I wanted to start the year off right by getting into shape.” She thought the TRYathlon would be a good way to do it and would be a good experience.

Huey got the idea to do the TRY when Andrea Turner told her how much she enjoyed the TRY last year and encouraged Huey to do it this year.

But she thinks it was the challenge of the TRY that inspired her to actually want to do it. She says, “This is my first time to do anything like this and the training has already given me a sense of accomplishment.”

She admits that she never really had to exercise before, but decided it was time to get fit and healthy and she wanted to be strong. In fact, she hopes to get into the best shape she’s ever been in. She believes taking the TRY classes at the Y are helping to keep her motivated and moving her closer and closer to her goal ��” to complete the TRY.

Huey says she has really enjoyed the classes. She also does some training at home on her own like running on the treadmill, bike riding and core exercises. The Y classes have taught her new exercises that have expanded her home training.

The most difficult part of her TRY training has been the swimming. Even though she had taken swimming lessons as a child, she realized her technique needed some improvement since training for the TRY requires more than just swimming a lap in the backyard pool. But, she notes, “I love the training. Yes, at times it is very difficult, but I know it will be worth it in the end. The sense of fulfillment I get when I have completed a workout makes me feel like a new person.”

Huey has good support from her mom, Barbara Huey, who has been pushing her to exercise and to get into better shape. Her boyfriend Scott Holscher backs her too.

“This is my first TRY and I’m doing it individually,” Huey says. “I hope that it will be the first of many. I want to feel better about myself and to improve my overall health.” Huey thinks the SIS Women’s TRYathlon on June 13 will help her reach this goal.

The TRY is for women 16-years-old and up and will consist of a 1⁄4-mile swim in the Rainbow Beach pool, a 9-mile bike ride and a 3-mile run. Women may register to do the entire TRY or as part of a team. Registration forms can be printed from www.knoxcountyfoundation.org at the TRYathlon sidebar or can be picked up at the Knox County Public Library, the Vincennes YMCA or the Knox County Community Foundation office on the third floor of Old National Bank at Third and Busseron Streets. For additional information, contact Kathy Rinsch at 886-0093 or kathy@knoxcountyfoundation.org.