Well we did it.....kind of

Wife and I finished our first tri yesterday morning.....   800yd swim, 15 mi HILLY bike, 4mi (closer to 4.4) run.  

I definitely need to put in more training time, we struggled a LOT!

Granted this was our first race and only 3rd time in open water ever......

I couldn't put a rhythm together to save my life in the swim....crawl, crawl, crawl, spatter spatter spit, breast stroke, breast stroke, choking, choking, breast stroke, oh dear lord make it stop, can't stop chics are watching.....oh lord kill me.....rinse repeat......

Bike was ok but extremely hilly.....at about 11mi there is a hill that people were walking up. Calves verged on cramping about 3/4 through the bike.

Run was very bad.  Full on calve and thigh cramps about 100 yds in...... probably ran a little less than 3/4 of the time and fast walked the rest.  I thought the run would be my best.....

I finished in 2hrs 7mins...... Wife finished 2hrs 50mins........

On one hand, extremely proud of both of us for finishing........on the other, a little disappointed that I had to walk some and that my swim was nothing like how I practiced.

All that said, it was still an awesome day for both of us!





Edited by platdaddy 2009-06-22 9:19 AM