My First Sprint Triathalon

Last Sunday July 17th I did my first spring triathalon. Here

we are at 5am setting up our station.

This was Shane's first race one year ago, he is up to

5 triathalons now. I was defiently nervous about the day.

You have to put your number on you arm and back of one

of your legs. Then on the other leg they put you age, great

now everyone knows how old I am. We were trying to look tough,

but I knew this was going to kick my butt.

My friend Nicole who is also a college student did it with us too!

I thought that was so amazing, I never even knew what a triathalon

was when I was in college, or wanted to do something like this. It

was so awesome for her.

Let me just tell you the swim was the hardest thing I have

ever done. I thought I was prepared but I so wasn't. I survived

but I honestly didn't think I could finish it and was going to

have to go to one of the canoe to take me in. With the grace

of God I slowly but surely made my way in.

Shane coming out of the swim

I couldn't even run like a lot of people do. I was moving slow

trying to catch my breath. Now on to the bike.

When I came to the finish line Christian ran out and

started running with me. It made it worth it when I saw

him and Elise cheering for me.

We left Elise behind. I should have grabbed her, I guess

she was chasing after us but couldn't keep up so

here she is crying and upset.

If you don't know what a sprint triathalon is:

The swim is 750 meters, 12 miles on your bike, and

then a 3 mile run. After I finished I said I wasn't going

to do another one. By the next morning I changed my mind

and thought about all the things I will do differently next time

and planning on how I can improve.