First Triathlon

I ran my first triathlon on Saturday, April 30.  I decided to sign up for one after Peter was born and I need some motivation to lose the extra baby weight.  I decided if I signed up for a triathlon, I wouldn't want to make a fool of myself, so I would work hard and get in shape for it.  It worked wonderfully.  Knowing that I had a triathlon coming up, kept me going getting up early to go to the gym (even when Peter was awake half the night.)  I was able to get back to my pre baby weight and got into great shape. 

My goal was to go faster the 1:45 and I was hoping to get closer to 1:30.  My final time was 1:36:58.19. Yeah!  I made my goal and had a great time. 

Peter fell asleep waiting for me to start the swim.

The swim was 450 yards.  I managed the swim in 9:14.04.

The bike was 12 miles.  This was the slowest part for me.  I think I rode a little slower then I could have because I was worried about the run.  There was also a terrible head wind for half the ride and run.  It was so hard to bike and run into the wind.  I couldn't believe how stiff the wind was.  The ride took me 58:48.47  This also includes both of my transition times.  According to the time on my bike the ride actually took about 52 minutes with the rest being transition time.

I did really really well on the run and finished with the time of 28:55.68.  The run was a  5K or 3.12 miles.  The finish was right I around a corner so I couldn't see it until I was on top of it or I might have started sprinting sooner. (Although I might not have I was tired by then.) 

I had a great time and I really felt like I accomplished something.  I think next up I'm going to do the Turkey Trot in Dallas.