The Eoff's: Triathlon #2

On Sunday, October 3rd I completed my second Sprint triathlon. I decided after having Alayna that I would sign up for this race and it would be great motivation to workout and get back into shape. I have been working out each week and trying to get my training in, but I definitely underestimated how hard it would be to train while having an infant. I thought I would get up before work to get my swim in or go run at night, but after being up at 3 or 4am for a feeding the last thing I wanted to do was get up an hour later to get the gym. So, I trained the best I could and all in all I was very happy with how I did.

The swim was a 300 meter pool swim. I must say I really like the pool swim compared to the lake swim I did last year. Though, there are still things I need to figure out. I swam a little slower than I had hoped but I didn't anticipate the log jam a pool creates when multiple people are swimming in a lane both ways. It was tough to navigate at times and it was hard to get into a nice rhythm. But, now I know and can improve on some things for the next one.

The bike ride was 12.4 miles. I am so thankful I got a road bike. The bike ride was SO much easier this time around. I need to get more comfortable on my bike since I have been only riding it a little over a month, but it went well. Still need to figure out which gears I should be in at which times to get optimal speed.

The run sucked, as it always does. I really, really, really hate running. I know I need to work on getting faster, but since I hate running so much it is hard for me to want to train to get faster. I still did better in the run than I thought I would, even though I was slow, but that is a plus I guess.

I finished in 1:52:38 which was great. I wanted to finish in under 2 hours and I am glad I accomplished that. I was so happy to see Derek and Alayna as I was coming around the bend to the finish line. It was great to have the amazing support behind me and made it seem all worthwhile. I am going to spend the winter trying to be a better runner (ugh), but it will prepare me for the next triathlon. I am looking to do another one in either March or April.

Here are some pictures