The tri recap

Last weekend, I did my first triathlon since having kids. It was the Ogden Valley Triathlon up at Pineview Reservoir. It was a "sprint plus" distance, so it was a 3/4 mile swim (1000 meters), a 15.4 mile bike, and a 4 mile run. I've only ever done regular sprint distances, so this was longer than any other tri I've done before.

It was hard. But I finished. And I beat my dad and won $100. (He offered any of his kids $100 if they could beat him in a triathlon before he turned 60. And he turns 60 in Feb. so this was my last chance.)

Anyway, it wasn't a pretty showing by any means, but at least I did it right? :)

Here we are getting ready for the swim.

About 30 seconds after I started swimming, the zipper on my wetsuit broke and started to create this huge drag. And I had a panic attack about swimming in the lake, so needless to say, my swim was AWFUL!!! I don't know what it is about swimming in open water like that because I do just fine in the pool, but I totally panicked in the lake.

Anyway, after the swim I was totally dead and I thought that for sure I would not win my $100.

But then I recovered on the bike and did really well on the bike portion. It was fantastic...we biked around the lake and it was beautiful and I was cruising along. Then came the run. My legs felt like bricks for the first mile or so. Then the next couple of miles were on a muddy trail. So my run wasn't so great either.

But I finished! And I didn't die.

Matt finished as well.

And so did my dad. We were watching the clock intently to see if I won (since his wave started about 20 minutes after mine.) But I still beat him!

There was a group there that was racing for their handicapped family member. They pulled him in a boat, a trailer, and then a stroller so he could do the race too.

Pretty cool.

Anyway, I'm glad I did it even if it was hard. I could definately feel the extra weight I'm carrying since I did my last tri, and I'd really like to lose the rest of it. But I did come in first place in the Athena category (girls over 165 lbs.) I hate that I'm big enough to be in the Athena category (even if it's only by a few pounds), but I was still first! (Even if I was last in my age group.)

My final time was:

Overall: 2:35:44
Swim: 36:21
Transition 1: 6:00
Bike: 56:50
Transition 2: 3:38
Run: 52:53

And so I accomplished my New Year's resolutions of running a half marathon and doing a triathlon this year.