Leaning Tower was a great way to see if I really wanted to go further in my triathlons. This was a good race for a first race and we had a great group out for this race. (Wendy, Helen, Stephanie I, Stephanie B, Lou, Nancy and I race, while Dave and Judy cheered us on.) It's a 400m swim, 18K bike, and 5k run. The swim was a breeze, I had no doubt about that. The bike was a little hard. Getting my legs going on the bike and the heat starting to raise was not fun. 5 loops of that and I was happy I was off that bike. Then it was off to the run. OUCH!!! My legs felt like jello, I couldn't get myself moving at all. That was the worst feeling ever. Then it started to get really hot. And worst of it all they ran out of water. I walked so much more than I wanted to but I went into survival mode once I hit the about mile 2 of the run. I just wanted to finish and down some water.
The worst part of the race, if you can count it but I did, was that we were to get finisher medals and we got NOTHING!! I felt like I got robbed. We all were pissed because it was our first triathlon and the medal would've been a topper.
But overall a great experience with a great group of friends!!!
Official time:
Swim: 9:19.30
T1: 1:55.75
Bike: 48:04.15
T2: 1:33.75
Run: 41:56.95
Overall 1:42:49.90
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