Today I completed the Herriman Black Ridge Triathlon!! I'm sad to say that out of the 3 I've done so far, it was my worst, but Hey, I Finished, and that's the most important thing right?? I can't be too hard on myself about it because first off, like I've said before, my body just hasn't been cooperating with me like it was on my previous races. My knees made the bike and run much more harder for me, plus my stupid bike kept giving me problems with the gears, especially on the most incline part of the course! Very frustrating!! The swim however went really well!! I was second on my time in my age division for it, so I can't complain about that! I just love open water swimming!!
Overall, it was a fun experience! A few things I realized though was to try and get a new bike for next year, (mine's a piece of crap,) get my knees figured out, and just take it easy for a little bit! I want to do a 1/2 marathon in October, but we'll see how that plays out! Maybe I will do a 10k or dirty dash, something not as long until my knees get better! I do have the Tough Mudder coming up in January too, so that's something to look forward in doing!! Better be ready by then :)
Here were my times:
500 Yard Swim- 8:13
Transition 1- 2:51
Bike- 1:03:55
Transition 2- 1:04
Run- 33:53
Total Time- 1:49:53.5
Better luck next year!!!
Awesome job Amanda! What an accomplishment? 2nd in swimming? That's so great! I could never do a tri purely because I suck at swimming- I wouldn't even know how to train for it! When I saw Brooke this week she talked about us all doing RAGNAR next year? I don't know but if we're going to do it, we better sign up, it fills up fast!
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