I got stuck behind a very slow person on the swim. I patiently waited until the wall, hoping that they would do the polite thing and stop the let people pass, but she just kept on going. I decided to try to pass her, and she seemed to speed up when I was doing that. I was slightly annoyed, pushed past her, and finished the best that I could. I could tell that I had used more energy than I wanted to though.
This bike trail kicked major ass!! It was so my favorite part. It was a whole lot of up hill (glad I trained for lots of hills). I passed tons of people, and then it was a nice down hill ride at the end, in which many people passed me. - I still need to figure out how to be faster. There were a few scary parts because there were lots of rocks on the road, cars driving by, and bad wind. After two times of my bike almost falling over, I decided to slow down. :)
Finally the run was ok. lol. My sweet husband was there and ran with me for a while. The books I read said that the hardest part is switching (swim to bike, bike to run) because your body gets used to one thing and then you change it. I didn't notice a huge switch with swim to bike, but I really noticed a difference from bike to run. It literally felt like my legs weight 10 more each. It took about a mile to start feeling good. The trail was boring, and my shorts kept slipping off my swimsuit so that wasn't the best part, but it was only 3 miles, so it was fine.
In the end I felt extremely proud, and had a blast. I finished in just under two hours. Greg was there to cheer me on every time I was in the transition area, and he is the best husband I could ever ask for. He is even thinking of trying a triathlon next year.
Now comes the difficult part. I still have about 20 pounds to lose, (yes, I gained a bit back once school started :p , what do you do. lol) and I want to try to do it before it is time to start training for UVM in March. For most people I don't think this would be too hard, but I am working like 60 + hours a week. Anyway, I have taken about a month long breakish to settle back into the crazy. Now it's time to get going again. I'm so close to my goal, I just can't stop now. I love the person I am becoming, and I want to keep moving forward.
Ready, set, go!
