What can I say, yesterday was my first ever sprint triathlon, my main goal was to finish it - and I did that !!!
The feeling is just amazing. Starting with so much energy rush, and the atmosphere is just amazing.
As I expected, swimming was very hard for me. I ran with the first line of swimmers, just to get kicked, hit and squashed by them. I gradually ended in the last pack. I swam all kinds of styles, as long as it moved me forward - and it did. It took my 18 minutes to complete the 750m (just 30 seconds over my regular time) which I am very proud off.
As I didn't have a Triathlon suit
yesterday, T1 took almost 8 minutes (I also use it to catch my breath). Than came 18km of bike on my 61cm Trek 1000 bike. Again, I pushed my self as much as I could, and finished at 45 minutes.Than came the 5k run. When I went off the bike, it seemed that my legs had a life of their own. I couldn't even get to my transition area. I than switched to my running shoes, hat, Sweat GUTR Sweatband
and went on running. That felt crazy. It was the first time I had trouble running. That was the most difficult run ever!!!I came last in my age group 35-39 with a total time of 1:52:06 - but I am a winner !!! I did complete it, I did it. I am a Triathlete - and no one can take that from me now.
Today I got my first TriSuit - That alone will take couple of minutes from my total time, and I am just filled with tons of happiness.
