Aqua s first triathalon

[Aquadeath]

Hey all, 

I completed my first ever triathalon (sprint) this morning. Finished in 1:23:59, placed 189/361. Swim time for open water was 12:23 (500m), bike was 35:39 avg of 15.3 mph, run was 27:21 or 9min/mile.

 

it was a great feeling to cross the line, but I am absolutely gassed now that I am home. 

[mraw435]

So cool! I did a triathlon in 2022 - howd you get into it?! 

 

I was a runner initially and wanted to try out the biking and swimming. Around race time I talked to a lot of folks who were swimmers first (they left me in their watery dust during the swim hahah)

 

I recommend eating all the food over the next few days! 

[Smashy]

20 minutes ago, Aquadeath said:

Hey all, 

I completed my first ever triathalon (sprint) this morning. Finished in 1:23:59, placed 189/361. Swim time for open water was 12:23 (500m), bike was 35:39 avg of 15.3 mph, run was 27:21 or 9min/mile.

 

it was a great feeling to cross the line, but I am absolutely gassed now that I am home. 

That’s awesome! Congrats!  They are not easy, and just finishing is half the battle, but you did good! 

[Aquadeath]

1 hour ago, mraw435 said:

So cool! I did a triathlon in 2022 - howd you get into it?! 

 

I was a runner initially and wanted to try out the biking and swimming. Around race time I talked to a lot of folks who were swimmers first (they left me in their watery dust during the swim hahah)

 

I recommend eating all the food over the next few days! 

A long time ago I used to run, then in college I swam a lot. After I graduated I started biking. Started getting fit again about a year ago by running and biking so I decided this summer I’d do a triathlon.

 

And I felt getting left in the watery dust only because the open water swim was

murky and disorienting. I will definitely need to practice some open water swimming in the future! 
 

and definitely going to eat and nap today -

body and mind are wiped 

1 hour ago, Smashy said:

That’s awesome! Congrats!  They are not easy, and just finishing is half the battle, but you did good! 

Thanks smashy!! 

[Shoresy]

Here I get nervous dropping something on the ground. (I should work on that a bit heh, not out of shape just too sore all the time xd) 

 

Good job! 

[dju]

Nice man! Still trying to put the mental in to do a semi ironman but the swimming is killing me lol! Thanks ford sharing, love to see this, congrats!