I’ve only got one more week until I have about 3 weeks off of work for vacation. I won’t be relaxing by any stretch of the imagination but at least I won’t have to do my day job for a bit. After completing a half-ironman in Arizona, completing 2 major application upgrades from design to implementation, and buying a house all in the last 2 weeks, I’ll take any small break I can get.
More to come…
I signed up for the Long Beach Triathlon because it was right down the street from Susan’s parent’s house. I figured her parents would have fun walking down to the event and enjoying the spectacle. The week before the race, I not only injured my shoulder swimming but we also learned that Susan’s parents would not be able to make it to the event. I really didn’t have much motivation to compete at that point and I was tempted to skip the race. I’m glad I decided to drag myself out, the Long Beach Triathlon was a fun race and its one I will hopefully do again.
Last Saturday I completed my first sprint distance triathlon on Fiesta Island. It wasn’t as bad as I imagined it would be but I did much worse than I expected. I had some trouble with the swim, downright comedic transitions, and I drank more Mission Bay than I did Accelerade but I still had a lot of fun.
I had my first real bicycle crash last weekend. After a very short 20 mile ride, Huy and I were on our cool down riding up Gilman Drive when I managed to catch a rut in the road and go down. It was in no way a pleasant experience but it wasn’t as bad as it could have been.
I finally came to my senses about making the Super SEAL the first triathlon I would be competing in. Swimming one mile, biking twenty-five miles, and running six miles seemed to be a bit much when I added in my total lack of experience in this type of event. The solution was to sign up for a shorter but earlier event to get my feet wet. That fixed the “total” portion of my “total lack of experience” but now I’m signed up for two triathlons instead of one.