I swam. I biked. I ran. I conquered!
On Saturday morning I did my very first sprint Triathlon. I did it with 3 other friends. We signed up about 6 weeks before and then trained and trained. We woke up bright and early, 5:30am, to do our run bike combo's or swim in the dark. I can definitely say I am glad the early morning workouts are done with for now. I'm really not a 5:30am kinda girl. I am so glad I had these girls to train with. It makes such a difference waking up knowing you'll be met with cheery girls.
Back to the race. First we swam 750 meters (1/2 mile) out in a fairly cold lake - hence the need for the flattering wetsuit. We then biked 12 miles and finished off with a 5K (3mi) run. I was in a different heat than the other girls so we were all on our own once we started.
Just finished the swim and am trying to strip off this wetsuit.
Time for the bike! ready or not here I come! I put some sweet road tires onto my mountain bike and they were so speedy! I almost feel like a true road biker with them on.
Finished the bike and started off on the last leg, the run. The transition area is huge and after the bike I had the hardest time finding my stuff. Everything looks exactly the same. It was so disorienting feeling! I finally found it, only because our sweet husbands were standing there yelling at me trying to guide me to it.
Almost there! Run faster!!
So speedy!
posted by Miriam at
1:47 PM
9 Comments:
YAY!! I totally forgot it was this weekend!! Good for you girls!! How was your time? You look fantastic during the entire thing! If they would allow people to drive the course I would have soo been with you!! :)
Miriam you animal! Congrats! You can totally do a full...coming from the girl sitting on the couch while cookies are in the oven--no joke!
That wet suit. Seriously. It's pretty hot. So glad you had fun doing it! What an accomplishment!
Way to go! That is awesome. Love the wet suit. I'm jealous :)
Way to go!! Looks like soo much fun!
Yay Miriam!!!! That is so awesome and I have totally been wanting to do triathlon sometime. You look amazing and congrats on your first triathlon!!!!
You girls are awesome! What a fun race. I heard that you really were super "speedy".
GO MIRIAM!!! YOU ARE AWESOME! I love how you had a goal with your friends! It helps to have a goal to accomplish with your friends! GOOD JOB!!!
way to go miriam! I wish I was closer to train with you! I told Ryan I wanted to do one a while back (they have one in galveston here) but then we started thinking...I would need a bike...and I would need to learn to swim....and apparently I would need a pretty hot wetsuit...not sure if I could pull it off like you!
you're inspiring!
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