This was my Second Triathlon "Dude Girl Women's Only Olympic" 1500meter swim, 24mile bike, 6mile run.
I really liked the jersey for this race and remembered that when I was younger my father and I would run 5k & 10K just for the cool shirts so I went ahead and signed up for this one-
Tyeann and I before the start of the race- She is my BIGGEST supporter, even though she did ask to go watch the TX Longhorn Football game instead of going to the Tri:)
some of the crazy to this Triathlon...look at the top pic and bottom- top is looking back towards transition 1 (where you run to after the swim to get your bike) bottom photo is the mile stretch between the swim and transition 1. we had to run this after the swim-nuts! in this bottom photo you can't see the top photo nor the big hill down to the water, my camera lens wouldn't stretch that far:) don't try looking for me in the top photo cause I'm already at my bike-I just asked my husband to make sure he could photo this crazy transition for future memory. 
Ok here I'm getting ready for the 1500meter swim, don't worry craziness is typed below.
The swim was located on Lake Travis which has been in a major drought for the past few years. even though we got a great amount of rain the week before this race it didn't add much water. so we had to do TWO laps in the lake but after you finished your first lap you had to come out of the water and run through this shout(see below photo) and re-enter the water and do a second lap.
Ah done with the swim and now looking for my running shoes to complete the long run to my bike.
Ah the bike gotta love the husband that bought me airobars- too bad that this 24mile bike route was 4loops with about 8-12 hills so each time I got into my bars here came another hill.
Thank goodness my kids were cheering me on and telling me how many laps to go cause on the backside of the loop the road was so bumpy that my bike computer fail off! very sad!!!!
Ah the finish line. I took 3rd in my age group with a official time of 2hr 50min (I started in the second swim heat that's why the main clock states 25436) My husband did great at the photo taking but did ask if our friend Kat could come to the next event to take photo's cause he had a really hard time figuring out whither to cry or take a photo. it is amazing what you can do to make your husband so proud!
Tyeann and I before the start of the race- She is my BIGGEST supporter, even though she did ask to go watch the TX Longhorn Football game instead of going to the Tri:)
some of the crazy to this Triathlon...look at the top pic and bottom- top is looking back towards transition 1 (where you run to after the swim to get your bike) bottom photo is the mile stretch between the swim and transition 1. we had to run this after the swim-nuts! in this bottom photo you can't see the top photo nor the big hill down to the water, my camera lens wouldn't stretch that far:) don't try looking for me in the top photo cause I'm already at my bike-I just asked my husband to make sure he could photo this crazy transition for future memory. 
Ok here I'm getting ready for the 1500meter swim, don't worry craziness is typed below.
The swim was located on Lake Travis which has been in a major drought for the past few years. even though we got a great amount of rain the week before this race it didn't add much water. so we had to do TWO laps in the lake but after you finished your first lap you had to come out of the water and run through this shout(see below photo) and re-enter the water and do a second lap.
Ah done with the swim and now looking for my running shoes to complete the long run to my bike.
Ah the bike gotta love the husband that bought me airobars- too bad that this 24mile bike route was 4loops with about 8-12 hills so each time I got into my bars here came another hill.
Thank goodness my kids were cheering me on and telling me how many laps to go cause on the backside of the loop the road was so bumpy that my bike computer fail off! very sad!!!!
Ah the finish line. I took 3rd in my age group with a official time of 2hr 50min (I started in the second swim heat that's why the main clock states 25436) My husband did great at the photo taking but did ask if our friend Kat could come to the next event to take photo's cause he had a really hard time figuring out whither to cry or take a photo. it is amazing what you can do to make your husband so proud! Oh the crazy on the run you ask.....half of the run was sand other half big rocks-my knees and ankles are a little sore-
Overall I really loved the Olympic Triathlon length over the Sprint but stay tuned in 5weeks I will have the Longhorn 70.3 Iron man to post for you all.
Overall I really loved the Olympic Triathlon length over the Sprint but stay tuned in 5weeks I will have the Longhorn 70.3 Iron man to post for you all.
1 comment:
Ok, this one looks way hard. I can't believe you had to run that far for your transition!
Too sweet about Jesse :)
Lemme see what I'm doing in 5 weeks ;)
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