about 1 minute before we started, NO MALTE! i was about to hop out of the pool to find him when he showed up. i think this distance is right. its a 25 meter pool, and i did 30 laps. everyone else was alternating breast stroke and crawl, so i lapped everyone 5-6 times. 'wow, this is what it must feel like to be kelly.' hee hee. oh, and i think i had a reliable lap counter this year, unlike the infamous schmuck lap counter of 2005.

nothing. this was a good swim for me, considering i've been spending a majority of my pool time the last few weeks doing pulling. my foot felt just fine during the swim.

headed up to the bike before my mom, because she was still half dressed and i wanted to get the bike ready. as it was, i was almost late and barely got the seat adjusted when the horn went off. my mom was a couple minutes late.

okay okay, before anyone freaks out about my 29 mph bike split. really, this bikes were INSANE. they were the polar opposite of my experience at tri-u-mah. at TUM, i had to STAND on the pedals, use all the force i had, got my HR through the roof, and didn't go over 18 mph. at this race, i got my work out from trying to control the damn bike. if i got it over 35 mph, i felt like it was going to tear my legs right out at the knees. since my foot is still healing, i didn't want to hurt myself trying to get it up to 40 mph (which i think i could have done and maintained, if my foot was okay...that's how wacky this bikes were). i also got off the bike TWICE to adjust the saddle height and position, since my knees and crotch were hurting after 10 minutes. AND i don't know my cadence, but i'm sure it was over 100 the entire time. this was a major core strength work out, since i had to use that strength to keep my body still while holding a candence this high. believe it or not, i'm actually disappointed with this bike. i didn't feel like i spent 30 minutes CYCLING and using the skills and strength i know i have as a cyclist, i felt like i spent 30 minutes manipulating and attempting to control a freak contraption.

learn how to ride a spin bike?

this was really hard. i SOOOOO wanted to run!!! i walked at a quick pace most of the time, but i admit - I WAS WEAK! i ran for about 3 minutes midway through, and ran the last 3 minutes. my foot felt fine, but i didn't want to push my luck either. i still have 2 more weeks of 'no running' orders. i got really bored and a little cold, so there's my excuse.

nothing. i think walking most was what i should have done for the sake of my healing foot, but my spirit needed me to run a bit. corny, maybe...but true.

took a shower, got dressed. we found malte, got some snacks, etc, then drove back to my mom's.


sprained foot, wacky spin bike (well, i guess technically that HELPED me perform faster, but it still wasn't biking as i know it).


this was a lot of fun, because i was doing it with my mom. it was also fun watching malte do his first triathlon. he wants to do a 'real' one now :)

overall distance: 17.59...so a new indoor tri PR, despite the lame foot.

top guy got S: 1.1 miles, B: 16.78 (yea, 34 mph. my a$$!), and R: 5.22. top bike overall was 17.72 (35+ mph)