First Triathlon

Adam and I competed in the Seafair Triathlon last weekend. It was a sprint, so 1/2 mi swim, 12 mi bike and 3 mi run. I was waiting to get the pix from the event photographers to make this post, so FINALLY they have come in and there were a couple good ones.

I'm not sure if it was nerves or the exursion or just eating too much the evening prior or morning of, but I felt like I was gonna hurl about 25% of the race. But I did not hurl... and the race went really well - I had fun and went pretty fast. It was really cool, too, to have Kathleen, Mom and Loren, and Janae and Jeana down there. Afterwards we went out for a nice big breakfast... and I followed that up later with a bacon cheeseburger, milkshake, and then some beer.

Adam and I have are now signed up for another triathlon on August 25th. My buddy Ben has threatened to sign up, too.

Here's my race results:
411 out of 1,288

Total time = 1:24:53

53 out of 106 - for my age group (30-34)

Swim time = 18:12 / swim place = 673

Bike transition time 3:21

Bike time = 38:12 (18.8 mph) , bike place = 437

Run transition time 1:45, place after bike = 538

Run time = 23:23 (7.32 mpm), run place = 289