Sat. Sept 26, 2009 TRIATHLON #1

We DID it!!!

My Sister and I did our first Triathlon today and it was amazing!! It was out at Woodward Reservoir in Oakdale. We did the Super-sprint distance and it was great for a first Triathlon.

We swam 200 yards, Biked for what was supposed to be 5 miles but someone who had an odometer on her bike said it was actually 6, and ran a mile.
We swam the 200 yards in a little over 11 minutes. Tamara had some issues with her bike, the chain kept falling off when she down shifted, so our bike was over 30 minutes, and our run was around 12 minutes. We finished in under an hour which was better than we both thought.

We are doing another one in three weeks! It is almost three times the distance in each sport. The Sprint Triathlon is a 500 yard swim, 16 mile bike and 5k (3.1mi.)run.

I am so thankful for my wonderful friends and family that got up EARLY to come and watch us. It really meant a lot to me and it will be something I will think about often. Thanks for the support Warren's, Gresham's, Dunn's and Dixon's!!!

It has been great training for these and even better to have finished one and see what we need to work on for the next one. I definitely need to dial in on my run.

On a related note to all the training I have lost 15lbs and over 8 inches total around my body! I still have a lot to go but it is exciting to SEE the effort in the mirror. I am on the brink of buying ALL new clothes. My clothes are super baggy now and in a couple weeks they won't fit at all!! What a great feeling!!!