Crossing the Finish Line
Posted by:
Jax on
June 20, 2007 at
2:53PM EST
On Sunday I completed my first triathlon! I really enjoyed the experience and all of the people I met. However, the course turned out to be longer than I thought. The swim was 1/3 of a mile, the bike was 19.1 miles, and the run was 3.2 miles. The swim went fine, but I wasn't concerned about that leg of the race. After I drove the course on Saturday, the leg that I was worried about was the bike because there were so many hills. It turns out that the bike wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be; I made it up all of the hills and to the transition area! My friend and I promised ourselves that we weren't going to get off our bikes and we were going to run the entire way. I stayed on my bike even at places where other people got off and walked up. Additionally, at the end of the race there were many people who walked the run portion. I passed all of them because I told myself that I wasn't going to quit that far into the race. It turned out to be a whole lot of fun and I raced with a world class champion--the lady who placed first at the Hawaiian Iron Man and 2nd at the Sydney Olympics. My next tri is July 28th and I'm looking forward to it!
