Tri #2 In the Books!

So I completed my 2nd Triathlon on Saturday August 15th. What a rush! We were on the road by 5:15 am on Saturday. We loaded our gear the night before..I know smart. We got down there and were some of the first few people there...and then we saw the transition area...let me just say WOW...HOLY CRAPOLY! (so what if that's not a word..it works for this)...talk about a dramatic difference in size compared to our first one. There were isles and isles of transition racks compared to 1 small line or 1 rack in our first. It got busy very quickly. We set up by a big tree..I figured it was easy to spot a large tree and then our bikes. Next we went to body marking. I was #281 and then they put my age on my leg...like really was that so necessary???!!!

We listened to the pre-race meeting and got ready. We didn't actually start right away..they went in waves and we were toward the end. Stacy and I were able to finish the swim, 600 meters in 9 minutes 10 seconds. (1st tri 31 minutes and 1000 meters). We did our transition to the bike and it was awesome as we went out on the bike Jeff and Trisha were right there to cheer us on..that was great! The bike went well..minus the 1 hill from hell again. I almost tossed my cookies at the top..need to train better/more for that. Finished the 11.7 miles in about 46 minutes. The run was not the greatest...and I thought it was going well. At this point Stacy and I did our own thing. She was ahead of me on the run after awhile. It started to sprinkle and then it poured..felt nice for me though. I felt bad for the bikers that were still out on the course. I finished the run in about 40 minutes. Approximately 5 minutes slower than the 1st tri. Oh well...live and learn. My overall time was 1 hour 41 minutes...so I finished in under 1 hour and 45 minutes, which was my goal. So I'm way happy and CANNOT WAIT to do this again next summer.

Bib Number 281
Overall 192
Division 24/31
Sex Place 92/110
Swim 9:10
T1 3:53
Bike 46:08
T2 2:31
Run 41:15
OVERALL 1:41:54