Historical Day!
Today, I completed my first triathlon. I did the Danskin here in Austin. Last year I was a part of a relay team and did the bike part and decided that I'd do the whole damn thing myself in 2009. Und I did.
Heather Joy (Powell) did it w/me too! Man, that was the most surreal thing ever, being in the water waiting to take off, next to one of your oldest friends on the planet-with your ages written on the back of your leg. They went ahead and made her 35 rather than making her wait for July when she actually turns that age-later saying that someone on the run said, "I hope I look as great as you when I'm your age." Love those back-handed compliments. HAHAHAHAH-I wanna be sedated just came on-appropriate for speaking of the old days mixing w/the present.
Anywhoo-I finished the tri in 2:13:12! I'm so impressed that I did it in that short of a time. I had a a goal of doing the swim (1/2 mile) in under 40 minutes, seeing as I do a mile in 40 on a regular basis, but always w/fins/snorkel/mask (aka: much easier!!) and I finished the swim in: 29:36. I ranked low, 1507 out of 1976 but HEY-open water swims w/out your snorkel gear and you've seen to have totally forgotten how to breathe properly while swimming, make this one HELL of an accomplishment. My bike ride (2nd stage totaling 12 miles) time was AWESOME at: 45:51 averaging a speed of: 15.6, (think some straight aways, some downhill, big-ass uphills.) My rank was also awesome at: 688 out of 1976!! My run ahahahahah-yea i HATE running, a total of 3 miles where i did a little jogging and a LOT of speed walking (man i had to piss SO badly, that everytime i attempted to jog, I'd almost pee on myself. Heather said, "it's not unheard of to just go ahead and pee." Yea, well uh, it's unheard of for me to piss myself while jogging, er trotting. I finished 3 miles in 47.54 ranked the worst at 1720 out of 1976. The time you spend in transition between is measured too, so i now know what to work on for the next one I'm doing in August, the Sweet & Twisted. WOOT!
Amazing feeling my friends. Even a year and a half ago, I'd have argued w/you about EVER doing a tri. Why? Cus i really hate running and I guess i've been denying the fact that I'm an athelete. SO SUCK IT Coach Dyke (Williams HS Track Coach, and all around WHORE-face) and Mrs. Johnson (Mendenhall Elementary PE Teacher). I STILL DO IT MY WAY BITCHES, and I RULE!
Wow, did I just type that? Yes, yes i did. : )
Heather Joy (Powell) did it w/me too! Man, that was the most surreal thing ever, being in the water waiting to take off, next to one of your oldest friends on the planet-with your ages written on the back of your leg. They went ahead and made her 35 rather than making her wait for July when she actually turns that age-later saying that someone on the run said, "I hope I look as great as you when I'm your age." Love those back-handed compliments. HAHAHAHAH-I wanna be sedated just came on-appropriate for speaking of the old days mixing w/the present.
Anywhoo-I finished the tri in 2:13:12! I'm so impressed that I did it in that short of a time. I had a a goal of doing the swim (1/2 mile) in under 40 minutes, seeing as I do a mile in 40 on a regular basis, but always w/fins/snorkel/mask (aka: much easier!!) and I finished the swim in: 29:36. I ranked low, 1507 out of 1976 but HEY-open water swims w/out your snorkel gear and you've seen to have totally forgotten how to breathe properly while swimming, make this one HELL of an accomplishment. My bike ride (2nd stage totaling 12 miles) time was AWESOME at: 45:51 averaging a speed of: 15.6, (think some straight aways, some downhill, big-ass uphills.) My rank was also awesome at: 688 out of 1976!! My run ahahahahah-yea i HATE running, a total of 3 miles where i did a little jogging and a LOT of speed walking (man i had to piss SO badly, that everytime i attempted to jog, I'd almost pee on myself. Heather said, "it's not unheard of to just go ahead and pee." Yea, well uh, it's unheard of for me to piss myself while jogging, er trotting. I finished 3 miles in 47.54 ranked the worst at 1720 out of 1976. The time you spend in transition between is measured too, so i now know what to work on for the next one I'm doing in August, the Sweet & Twisted. WOOT!
Amazing feeling my friends. Even a year and a half ago, I'd have argued w/you about EVER doing a tri. Why? Cus i really hate running and I guess i've been denying the fact that I'm an athelete. SO SUCK IT Coach Dyke (Williams HS Track Coach, and all around WHORE-face) and Mrs. Johnson (Mendenhall Elementary PE Teacher). I STILL DO IT MY WAY BITCHES, and I RULE!
Wow, did I just type that? Yes, yes i did. : )