I'm still waiting to get pictures from the race, but here's a quick tri update....
The race went great! The swim (300m) went really quick, and I got to meet some nice people and hear about other local races while I was waiting to start. (It was a pool swim with a staggered start.) The bike section (12 mi) was definitely hilly, plus my bike is more of a mountain bike hybrid than a road bike, but I just cranked it down to a low gear and slowly but surely made it up those hills! It was pretty hot by the time I started the run (5K), but luckily that course was nice and flat.
I was felling pretty tired by that point (should have trained more on the bike - I knew it!) but my background is in running, so I just slogged through it. Luckily there were water stops on the course, because I realized after I'd run out of the transition area that I really didn't drink enough water while on my bike.
The best thing about racing (of any kind) is that it always inspires me to do better next time. I've already been out for a 20 mi. training ride (only the second time ever I've gone that far) and I swam 850m last night. I can't wait for to do another race! There's one in about a month (Trail of Tears Tri - Cape Girardeau MO) that I might try. The distances are similar, except the swim is a half mile in open water instead of 300m in a pool. Hmmm.... can I do it?
Congratulations! I knew you'd do GRRReat! :-)
Wow, not only have you accomplished this but you want to do it again! How awesome! All of us in blogland are very proud of you :)
Congratulations!
What an inspiration you are!
Congrats! Sounds like you aced it.
But wait... the only open water I can think of in Cape is the Mississippi. Please don't tell me you're going to swim in that muck!
Of course you can do it!! Mississippi mud - bring it on!
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WOW!!!Way to go! What a cool accomplishment! You rock!!!
Congratulations on a great race! I think you can definitely do the half mile in open water!
Congratulations! Great job.