
This weekend I participated in my first Triathlon. I know I have been kinda secretive about it but I did not want to commit myself publicly for the obvious reason. I have never done anythig like this before. I have never been an endurance athlete I have always been a very poor runner and never cared for it. I did not even own a bike. I did however swim competitively growing up. I have not swam laps in 30 years though.

I decided to do this in June when talking mater of factly about the physical condition of triathletes. After looking up what exactly a Triathlon consisted of I said to myself "I can do this". It was tongue and cheek for a while when I said I was triathlon training, my DH would give kind of a chuckle. But I did it and not only finished, I finished 21th out of 65 women competing in the short course, 4th in my age group.
I did well in the swimming leg. I am here somewhere but you will have to find me.

Transition from the swim to the bike. It takes longer than you think to to put clothes on over a wet bathing suit.

After a run I crossed the finish line! Wooo Whooo. Here I am with a friend of mine who also competed in the race, his first too.