Triathlon
In June I did a triathlon. It was actually kind of crazy. Honestly I'm not that athletic, I am motivated and I'll keep pushing myself but when it comes to raw talent, mine doesn't lie in the physical.
How this started. I was getting bored with my workouts and wanted to try something new. Since I am a chicken I asked my usual workout buddy Heidi if she'd be interested in doing a tri with me. She said, "I just told Bridgett I wanted to do one". She was pregnant at the time so we settled on the following spring. I kind f started training by adding swimming to my workouts. I've never had a swim lesson in my life so I started you tubing swim technique videos to try and teach myself. So months of working out and weeks of really training and we were there, doing our first triathlon.
It went like this. They dropped us in the open water to wade for a few minutes before the whistle blew to start. The swim was crazy with everyone kicking and trying to swim. H kept yelling from behind me so I didn't get too far t the right lol I didn't know it was her, I thought I was a race official lol. Anyway, that was the most terrifying part then was the bike ride. Can you believe between that this was theist horrible part? Somewhere between my house and me. Climbing on the bike my entire gear broke on my bike. I didn't know what was going on, why I couldn't get any traction. Finally at the half way mark I got off my bike and got some help. I was pretty upset but just wanted to finish the race. Then, the run was really hard but I wouldn't let myself stop. I finished at around 123 min I think, I don't know for sure though.
I didn't think it would be that big of a deal for me to have Jody and the kids there to support my finish but it did. Maddox ran up to me saying, "mommy you raced"? He was so excited and I loved getting to have my babies see their mom value fitness. I hope I can do more races in the future to perpetuate a love of physical activity. So here are some pics H sent me from the event.
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