TRYathlon completed
This was a fun, short triathlon - sponsored through community ed. You might want to look in your community, it seems more and more are doing these. It is a great place to start.
I did a sprint tri two weeks ago, so I figured this one would be easier for me since it was so much shorter. My goal was 33:30.
The swim was in a pool which was awesome, except that only 8 people could go at a time. I was in the 3rd heat. I didn't quite figure out my swim time, but I think it was around 10:30 for 400m. So far, so good. I had figured to do it between 10 and 11 minutes.
The transition was quick - I didn't even bother drying off - just pulled my clothes on and took off on the bike. It was 2 miles - I think it took me about 8 1/2 minutes. I got the gloves off while riding back into the parking lot, got the bike parked and helmet off, grabbed a quick drink of water and took off on the run.
It was a 1 mile run, but running is still the hardest for me. I walked at a couple of points, just to catch my breath. I felt like I was still gasping at times from the swim and bike. I think I made it third out of the pool and then passed one woman on the bike, so I was in second in my heat at that point. I looked back and there she was and I could tell that she would pass me, but it gave me incentive to pick it up a notch. The end of the race was onto the track and 3/4 of the way around. I think my mile time was around 10:30 - I've gone faster in the past, but not after swimming and biking.
I finished in 32:45, so about 1 min 15 sec faster than I had hoped. That felt great. It was a beautiful day, perfect weather and a really nice little race.
I've got another one next weekend - it is 200m swim, 8 mi bike, 2 mi run. I'm really looking forward to it. I'm getting a little addicted to these.
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