Second TRI

Just as I said, Holley and I ran our second triathlon on Saturday. It was the Five Mile Lake Women's Tri, so it was kind of fun doing this with all women. We even met some people while were shopping in Bellevue after the race who were going to do the Danskin (also all women) for the first time! It was a great day even though I was so tired and did not do as well as I had hoped to.

Here I am in the morning, don't I look ready?Testing the water temperature. The lake temp was in the low 70's, so it was a great day for a dip in the lake. The temperature outside was in the 90's, which made for a warm tri, but a beautiful day!

Still looking ready. I am marked with my number, 807 and was still thinking about how I was supposed to start 10 minutes ahead of Holley. (too many people to start everyone at once, so they start each wave 5 minutes apart, usually separated by age group) I was hoping I could keep up my lead on Holley at least until the run, but you will see she really kicked my butt.

Getting our lovely swim caps on, purple for my wave and red for hers.

Ayden wasn't too sure about my swim cap, she kept looking at me and then looking away.



Aren't the kids so cute? Look at those boys protecting Ayden!
Here I am getting used to the water temp so that I didn't gasp for breath while I was swimming. It didn't work. Not because of the temperature so much, as because I was tired and really felt it. I just couldn't get a good breath in to swim. It was so frustrating! I did my swim in 10 minutes 23 seconds, 203rd overall and 41st in my age group. Fine, but I could have done better.


Here I am finishing up my bike. I thought I did pretty good until I saw Holley come in on her bike when I was just starting my run. She made up seven minutes of her 10 minute deficit on the bike. She was fast! I did the bike in 1 hour and 46 seconds, 201st overall and 42nd in my age group.Here I am starting the saddest run portion anyone could do. I SUCK at running, but my goal is to get better and hopefully lose some fat in the process. It took me 44 min 40 seconds to run 3.1 miles. Yep, folks, my grandmother could walk faster than that. Sad, sad, sad. I was 47th in my age group (last. surprise, surprise!) and 236th overall.

Two things I am happy about: I finished the entire thing in (just) under 2 hours with a time of 1 hour 58 min. 29 seconds and that I didn't come very last in my age group (like I did in my first tri). So, some improvement made (or at least we're going to say that so I feel some sense of accomplishment).

Here we are, happy that the race is done. It was a little hard getting up after this picture was taken. You should have seen the boys cheering, it was so cute. I will never forget coming in for the last part of my run Tate saying "Go, Mommy, Go!" and "Good job, Mommy!" It was great.

Look under Holley's blog to see her times and how she did. She did fabulous, just like I knew she would!

Success! Another tri under my belt and (at least) two more to go. Also in two weeks my mom and I are going to do an Urban Adventure Trek around downtown Seattle. I am so excited!