Tom and I did another triathlon yesterday. This is the first one that we actually did on the same day and at the same time. It was a “sprint” which means that it was a half-mile swim, a 17 mile bike and a 3 mile run.
We awoke before 5:00am, jumped in the car and drove up to Latta Plantation which is north of town about 20 minutes. The race started at 6:30am so we had to be there by 5:30am in order to park. It was nice to be going somewhere together. We were both pretty tired, mainly because Wilson woke us up in the middle of the night, insisted that he sleep in our bed, and then coughed for about an hour. Typical….
The swim was an open water swim in Mountain Island Lake. During the swim I realized two things:
1. You can’t “wing” a triathlon.
2. I don’t think I want to do anymore triathlons. I hate swimming that much.
The water temperature was fabulous: 82 degrees. I don’t know why, but the swim took me much longer this time than it did at White Lake. Maybe it was because I only swam laps three times in the last two months. I seriously hate swimming laps. I try to look at it as my “zen time” without kids and noise. This doesn’t seem to work. Swimming laps is hands down the longest twenty minutes of my life. I avoid it like the plague! Ironically, Tom is a great swimmer. He was an All-American swimmer in high school and scholarshipped in college. You would think that it would rub off on me, at least a little.
As for the rest of the course, it was great. A long and hilly bike ride and then a run through the woods. I really enjoyed the rest of the race. I can see how doing triathlons are addicting. You have 1-2 hours to think, you are always competing against yourself as well as others, and the pre-race adrenaline is fun! That is why I keep doing them….and the fact that I think that if I sign up for a triathlon it will motivate me to workout. Unfortunately, I am not motivated enough. I just show up and “wing” it….because the rest of it is exhilarating.
My times weren’t too bad for not training very hard
Becca’s Race Times:
Tom’s race results:
16:09 Swim
2:22 T1
49:23 Bike
3:00 T2
27:51 Run