I Did It!

Referring to my triathlon, I finished, I survived, I conquered, I had fun! Those are some of the feelings I've had. Saturday was race day, and there was no rain and little wind, which was what I was hoping for. The race took place in Spruce Grove and consisted of a 750 meter swim, 20 KM bike, and 5 KM run. My goal was to finish in 2 hours and finish the run without any walking and I ran the whole way and did it in 1:51:21!

Here I am after a short warm-up in the pool waiting for the race to begin. There was an under 11 race that took place before ours. It was fun watching the kids and see them really get into it.

Just before them swim. And yes, I know I am extreamly white and definitly not a swimsuit model, but could those models do the race I was about to do? I like to think not!

Transitioning from swim to bike. My swim time was 22 mins. I was a little disappointed as I had previously done the swim in 18 mins. Part of it had to do with the fact I was in a lane with two people who were doing breaststroke and backstroke and were all over the place. I lapped both a couple of times, and I think they slowed me down. Oh well.

I posted this one to show one of the big hills along the bike course. There were two big hills, and then a few other smaller ones. I didn't have a chance to see the actual bike course until the day before the race and when I saw the hills I had a little freak-out and second guessed all my training. But with race-day adrenaline it was all good.

Macy waiting at the finish line for me. Chris was great and drove along the course to meet me and cheer me on. It was good to have some encouragement!

The finish line!

This is me saying I did it in under 2 hours! I gave my all for the swim and the bike and when I got to the run I thought, I haven't saved any energy for this! I was sure I was going to come in at 2:15 or even 2:30. So I was very happy with my time!

So now it is all over. I spent my summer training for it and it was all worth it. A great hobby to have. Would I do it again? Yes! But give my a little more time to recover!