First off I can't believe it's already almost the end of June! Man time sure does fly when you are having fun! This past Saturday on June 18th, brought me to Pleasanton. I had been anxiously been waiting for another Triathlon to come up in my race sequence. This race was the first in a series of three Tri for Fun events. Originally on my calendar I was going to do the whole series, however another race in July intrigued me a little more. Although I'm still debating about doing both races next month...on the same day!
 |
| Getting ready for the swim! |
I was feeling my usual butterflies as I headed towards the water, and I loved it. As I headed to the starting area, I decided to feel the water, it was not very cold, but it was not bath water as a woman described behind me. There were six waves that started the race, I was in wave 4. There weren't that many people in wave 4, and I was actually towards the front of the pack for starting off the race, usually I stick to the back because I don't want to get kicked in the head.
When the horn went off we started going, I was feeling great the first buoy seemed so close. Next thing I knew I kicked someone in the head...it was very different as I'm usually dodging feet!
The water was so clear. I turned and passed the first buoy and in no time I was to the second buoy. Before I knew it I was getting out of the water. The swim was 1/4 of a mile and I finished in 10 minutes.
 |
| This is actually me after the race. (I just felt a picture was needed here! :) ) |
I headed to my bike, threw my shoes and shirt on and was off! I tackled the first climb and started riding as fast as I could go. There were people flying passed me, I don't think I was in the right gear and my front tire might have been flat. Hopefully I'll get that figured out before my next race.
I felt like I did a good job of going as fast as I could on the bike.
I finished the 11 miles in 45 minutes!
Last came the run! My least and most favorite part. Least because I always wish I was better, favorite because the race is almost done and I almost have another race under my belt.
The run was 3 miles. My legs always take some adjusting, but I was having some pains in the arch of my foot. As I was running I came upon a man that was running in a Hawaiian shirt I had already seen him twice on the race, and I felt like I had seen him before. It wasn't until someone else said to him that she had seen him at a few different tris, that I realized that he was the Hawaiian shirt wearing man from my first triathlon, Scott Tinley!
I continued to run as I passed the water station a total of 3 times during the run. I came in around 40 minutes.
 |
| I did it!! |
Up next: (Just added 30 minutes ago :) hehe) Summerfest 10K in Sacramento!
No comments:
Post a Comment