28. Tri-ing again

If you scroll down this blog to around this time last year you'll see, perhaps to some surprise, that I took part in a triathlon. Yes, a whole year has passed since I did that crazy thing and, guess what, I've gone and done it again! But this time, no chickening out and only doing half of it. It was all or nothing this year. I didn't train quite as hard as I imagined I would. In fact, although I knew I could complete each section as a stand-alone activity, I'd never actually joined any of the three together before. So I surprised myself by finishing, and in pretty good time.

My friends Joanne and Aline formed a relay team and took part too - their first ever triathlon. They're obviously now addicted and will be doing the whole thing next year too!

I did the swim in 20:18 (not bad for breaststoke!); my cycle took me longer than last year (not enough spinning in preparation!) at 01:04:05; but I was particularly pleased with my run time of 33:55. The whole thing took me just over 2 hours - 02:03:23 - and I ranked about half way down the 691 participants.

Here are some photos as proof of our success. (Note the bright red face in the last shot - some things don't change!)

Looking nervous at 5am

Soggy, but still smiling

Post-swim transition

Woo-hoo!

Running is serious business

Three cheers for the triathletes!