Saturday, February 28, Eric and I completed our first triathlon. Training for this race has been a good distraction from wedding plans, and cheap way for us to spend evenings together. Even though Eric has competed in cross country races, swim meets and bike races, this was his first “all-three-sport” race. With the exception of summer swim team, this was my first-ever race. After a few months of training, excellent coaching from the staff at Lifetime Fitness and Eric, and many encouraging friends, I found myself crossing the finish line a good fifteen minutes faster than my goal time, and thirty minutes faster than my best practice time. Eric finished in the top twenty five (final results haven’t been posted) and was most pleased with his bike time. The race marked the beginning of Eric’s formal Ironman 70.3 (or half-Ironman) training. Long way to go before his race at Disney World this May. I think it’s safe to say that we’ve “caught the Triathlon fever” - We both have more races scheduled for this year!
Special thanks to my siblings, Katie, Jacob, Alex and Deirdre for waking up before sunrise to cheer us on and take pictures. Since Eric was faster than a speeding bullet, the sibs didn’t make it there in time to get photos.
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