triathelon

So this past weekend I did a triathlon relay with some people from work. We were at a conference a few months ago and someone casually mentioned that they needed a swimmer for their team. Without thinking I spouted off "Oh, I am a good swimmer! I will be on your team!" I figured I had three months to train and it would be the perfect motivation to get my booty back in the pool and get into shape.

Well March, April, and May creeped by and I never started training. I could say it was my super late work schedule and stressful adoption and fixing up the house that was keeping me from working out. And in part, yes that made it harder. But I think I could have found some time in the morning. I mean who needs to sleep until 8:30am every day!

Anyway, I decided to jump in the pool Saturday. YES the Saturday before and see if I had it in me. I knew at that point it wouldn't make a difference, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't going to drown! It wasn't too bad so I breathed a sigh of relief.

The next morning I got up at 5am and drove alone to this HUGE race. Hard core people in "triathlon clothes" all around me. I stood out like a sore thumb! Who knew that people don't wear swimsuits when they do triathlons. The wear biker shorts and little spandex shirts. Oops. Anyway. I got marked, joined the giant group of relay swimmers, jumped in the lake and swam away at the sound of the gun!

And guess what!? I got 3rd place!!! I managed the entire swim in 10 minutes. Can you believe that!? I think adrenalin must have kicked in b/c when I got home I laid down to take a power nap before church and woke up 3 hours later.

But it was fun and I am glad God decided to give me some supernatural amount of energy!! Too bad he didn't make me look cool doing it....see pictures below! ;)