Well, that failed.
Only because I found a much greater motivator:
Yep, after discovering that WSU held its very own triathlon, Kelly and I (and our friend Matt) decided to try it out. However, I discovered such race exactly a month before the actual race day. That means a lot of training, really fast.
Most of the training I did was in the pool, which in hindsight, was really stupid, because the swim is only 300 yards. (The run was 5K, the bike was 10K)
I really struggled on the bike portion (if the above photo and facial expression didn't give that away). I honestly am pretty clueless on how to use gears on a bike, and I am fairly certain the gears on my bike weren't operating properly. This equaled a lot of unnecessary work. However, I didn't get off my bike and walk it, like many of those around me did, so even though I was exhausted, I felt strong and proud!
The swimming portion was sort of mayhem because some of the people around me decided to walk through the pool. Which is really stupid. And hard. AND SLOW. I couldn't get in front of them because they took the entire lane, and I can't swim under them, obviously, because they are standing up. It slowed me down quite a bit.
In the end, I took 7th place in my age group/gender, with a finishing time of one hour, 22 minutes. Did I feel like I could do better? Probably. But I am pretty proud of myself for making a fitness goal, training, and accomplishing something I never would have thought possible for myself.
Here's a few more pictures:
FINALLY FINISHED
Triathletes!
Matt, me, Kelly
1 comments:
That is awesome, Jess! I can't believe you did that spur the moment. That's a great accomplishment.
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