Carter, Kathy, and I went to the Festival of the Little Hills with our friends Trish and Jessica. It was a beautiful day and we really enjoyed ourselves. You can see the pictures here.
Archive for August 22nd, 2009
Festival of the Little Hills
Saturday, August 22nd, 20092009 Lake Saint Louis Triathlon
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009
I completed my first Olympic-distance triathlon. It made me want to go for 70.3, but time will tell… honestly, I wasn’t well prepared for this. On the plus side, since I did not push myself too hard, I did finish strong. Without a doubt the highlight was waving to Carter during the run (both out AND back) and having him recognize me and smile. THAT was winning first place. The competition itself…. well, I am proud to finish an Olympic distance event. My bike shop tuned my bike, but did not torque down the cable to my front derailleur, so I was stuck on the small gear the whole time. Oh, well, better than the big ring. Results are up. Again, not overly impressive. On the other hand, I was 29th in the swim… and the only time I swam between this event and the 2008 St. Peter’s triathlon was the swim practice for this triathlon. Makes me wonder what I would do with more practice. Of course, the swim doesn’t matter much, since it is less then half an hour but even the fastest cyclist is over an hour on the course. Need to get that bike time down! Oh, well, here is to next year! Here are the pictures
