Triathlon 2010!!!

I'm sure you have all heard that my mom and I did another triathlon this year!!!

It was twice as long as last year, and backwards- run first, 3.1 miles, bike 12 miles, and swim 350 meters last. It was the perfect triathlon for us, and I LOVE doing it backwards.

The run is the most exhausting part, so once its over with, you get to do the easy stuff. I passed a LOT of people on the run, and only a few passed me, so that was really good.
Also, a friend of my dad's from work let me borrow her road bike, another thing that I absolutely LOVE. Road bikes are the best!!! I kind of felt bad when I passed people on mountain bikes, because I know how horrible they are (unless you are mountain biking, of course)
I was nervous about the swim, because my mom and I only went swimming to train twice, but I must have my mom's fish-genes because it was really easy. It only took about a lap to catch my breath, and then I was fine. Except I was stuck behind like 6 people who wouldn't let me pass them.


My bike:

Before the race:

I finished the run really fast, and my dad wasn't expecting me, but this is a picture of me running to the pool after the bike was over:

Mom coming in from the bike:

After the swim:

I was shooting for under an hour and a half, and my dad said that would be pretty amazing (kinda in disbelief, like I wouldn't really do it) but I proved him wrong and got 1:21!!! 3rd place in the 18 and under division, and 1st and 2nd were 18 year olds, and I missed 2nd place by 7 seconds!!! My mom got 1:30 and like 8th in her division or something. It was pretty awesome.