Lake Powell Triathlon

I did my first triathlon last weekend in Lake Powell and it was awesome! I am an addict, I'm already trying to find my next one! I did the Sprint event, which is 1/2 mile swim.....12.5 mile cycling.....3.1 mile run. It was hard but not nearly as hard as I thought it would be! I had 3 goals going into it, finish the race, don't get last and don't stop on the run....and I did it! And to my surprise I ended up getting third in my age group!lol Over all I was the second woman in the swim and tenth with the men, which was funny because the men got a ten minute head start on the women! ha There were about 400 competitors and I got 72 over all....not to0 bad huh! I feel weird saying this but I am so proud of myself! The adrenalin was amazing, it just pushes you through the race and it stayed with me the rest of the day! I was just high all day! I didn't feel tired or soar....and then I woke up the next day and that all changed! I was the most soar on Monday and after that it was gone!

Training for the race was so much fun! I pulled Raife behind me on the bike and he loved it! The extra 20 pounds really helped in the race I'm sure! I also took him in his stroller when I went running....I say when because I only ran 3 times....I hate running! I tried to talk Brett into doing it with me but he wasn't sure about the swim so he was a volunteerinstead! He directed the bikers! He wishes now that he would have done it with me....so next time it will be both of us! You should seriously try it! Its a great fun way to stay in shape and keeps you motivated! It was amazing!




Raife after 2 of our bike ride training sessions!


My Mom took the race pictures and had a hard time taking action shots as you can see!lol Mom and Mara were great babysitters during the race!