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Labor Day was "T" day around here – triathlon day!

As you know, this was my year to try to stretch myself physically – the half marathon, the MS 150 bike ride, and now a triathlon.  I do better athletically when I am training for something – it gets me moving!  I do NOT know how to swim properly.  People make it look so easy, and I have a backyard in my pool that I swam back and forth in, but 30o meters is a LONG way for someone who doesn't really swim well.  I thought I was going to drowned in that pool…seriously.  I had no idea how fast everyone would be going.  I had no idea the pool would feel like an ocean when you put 300 swimmers in it.  I had no idea how completely ridiculous I would look.  It was rather comical.  Later the boys told me "Mom, we counted how many different strokes you did – we had no idea there were that many!".  And Jacob kindly said "Mom, I really thought you had more potential on the swimming part".  Yeah, me too buddy, me too.  At one point I was holding on to the edge of the pool with 100 m left, and seriously considering giving up and an "official" came over to me and said "Ma'am, are you ok?"  "NO, I'M NOT OK!" was what I wanted to say, but I just smiled and said "Oh, yes, just taking a breather"!  🙂

The bike was my favorite despite the 22 hills and 30 mph winds (no really it was a blast).  And while getting off the bike in transition, I had the worst charley horse of my life in my left calf which made my 3 mile run a bit of a challenge.  My goal was to finish in under 2 hours, I did it in 2:01.54 (figures!).  BUT…I DID IT.  And that is a good feeling.  Despite being last in my age division – that stinks.  Thankfully I was far from last overall…thankfully.    Needless, to say "triathlete" is not going to be on my tombstone.  And for those of you who think that's funny…I dare you to put it on there, I will haunt you from the grave…ha!

Jacob and Caleb also did the kids' triathlon and did great!  Caleb takes after his mother and he said "I wanted to cry the whole time".  Everytime he saw us he gave us a dirty look…makes us giggle.  Poor kid doesn't like pain (who can blame him).  And triathlon-ing is painful let me tell ya.  Jacob was great – he's a natural athlete and despite not training (other than football) he performed well. 

We celebrated at Waffle House afterwards – the same thing we did 2 years ago the last time the kids did it.  We now have the t-shirts to prove "we do hard things"!!