On Saturday, August 27th, 2011, I competed in the IronGirl Boulder Sprint Triathlon at Boulder Res & I crossed the finish line!!! Not with any phenomenal timing records, but without injury! I had the pleasure of training with Amy Douglas, Cindy Molloy & Michelle Weingardt & having Amy's sister, Gayle, join us for the race. I knew I could manage through each leg individually, but I wasn't sure about all of them back to back. I was even more hesitant when I had to stop some training for a few months so I could go to physical therapy for my right shoulder and elbow. So, here are a few pictures from the event...
We checked in our bikes the day before & listened to the "course talk" and had Q&A time.
Me, Cindy, Michelle, Amy & Gayle flexing our pre-triathlon muscles at the finish line that we can wait to see tomorrow!
Eric & the kids decorating cheering posters for me the night before the race.
When they assigned me my bib#, I had a bad feeling, because #911 for my first triathlon felt pretty ominous. To add insult to my hopefully not pending injury, they mark your leg with your age! Once I realized what that number was, I couldn't stop looking at everyones calves!
Me (in all my Speedo glory) with my cheerleaders just minutes before the start.
Amy, Michelle & Me waiting for our wave to start our 1/4 mile open water swim. SO NERVOUS! The swim was a little harder than I anticipated, because I could not get a good breathing pattern since I was constantly getting splashed & inhaling water! I had to resort to breaststroke for more than I wanted to. I only got swam over once, which is pretty good for being in the thick of 150 people in my wave.
I don't have any pics on my camera of the bike portion (17.2 miles), but the bike was way more fun than I thought it would be. I actually enjoyed the ride & did it faster than my practice rides! Now, the 5K run. All I have to say is BLAH! I hate running & I totally ran out of steam. But, here I am approaching the finish line!
I did it!
Eric & the kids came to cheer me on as well as my mom & my brother. It made me so happy to have such great supporters cheering me on!
Amy, Michelle & Cindy having our post-race breakfast during the awards ceremony.
Yep, I was there, too! Check out the beautiful Boulder Res behind me! The water did not look that beautiful swimming in a crowd of people.
We are all first time triathletes! Woo-hoo! Now, maybe next year I'll actually care about my times & not just finishing.
4 comments:
You're amazing! I love that you did it!! I really have a goal to do it sometime- maybe now that your a veteran, I could do it with you next year and you'll help the first timer out! :)
You are seriously a SUPERSTAR!!! I love that you are already talking about next year. What an accomplishment. Be proud. And also, if I do say so, you rock the Speedo too. ;)
You freaking rock girl!!!! And seriously I dont know another 33 year old that can rock a swim suit like you hot momma!!
ps.
my word verification is hotti!!!
Teresa!! You seriously ROCK! I'm so impressed that you did this! And in some ways, you make me want to try it myself. But then I leave your blog for more cyber surfing and cheeto eating, and I forget all about triathalons =).
Way to go, my friend!
Post a Comment