Tri Del sol

I did a triathlon this past Saturday.  It was my first since 1999.  It was a 1/2 mile swim, 18 mile bike and 4.5 mile run.  My time was 2:05.  It was so much fun, but I have a LOT of work to do!  

Below are Amy and Kris who did it with me.  It was a beautiful morning and the weather could not have been any more perfect.  It was 56 degrees in the morning!  We have been having such a hot summer that I was totally prepared for the weather to be the biggest obstacle of the day, so the cooler weather is what made everything so enjoyable I think.

This is my transition area.  Boy do I have a lot of work to do on my transitions!  I forgot to have my sunglasses ready and had to dig those out.  I didn't dry my feet off well enough and my socks were soaked!  Next year I think I will get the elastic shoe laces and not wear socks!  I definitely wasn't as prepared for transitions as I should have been.

This is the bike I WANT!!!!  I want it soooooo bad!!!!  My bike is from 1984!  It just can't do what so many other bikes can!  The bike should be my strength, but I got passed by so many people!!!  So I'm hoping and praying that I can get a new bike over the winter.  The bike below is a Trek Madone 4.6 and it's in my favorite color :))

I could have pushed myself more, but in the end I'm happy with my race because I ended feeling good and really enjoyed myself, which makes me want to do more tri's.  I won't be able to do more this year because of time and money and I'm already registered for two 1/2 marathons.  But I am going to focus on them for next year.  So I will have a whole winter to get in the pool and work on my swimming and to save up for that bike :)

Unfortunately I still have not been eating better!  I was doing good right after I started blogging, but then the morning of the race (in the porta potty of course) I started my period.  I felt so fat and bloated and yucky, so of course that day I justified some horrible eating!  I mean why not, I did a tri that day AND I started my period!   So once again I just haven't been able to get back on track.  But I can't let it go another day.  I still want to lose weight for my half marathons and ultimately keep it off so that I can really focus on doing tri's next year.  So I will take it one day at a time!