Finished my first Olympic Distance Tri!!!!

After relying on this site for everything triathlon over the past 5 months, I had to share that I finished my first olympic distance triathlon over the weekend. I had a cold the week prior, which meant no training, then flew across the country with my bike in tow (so scared my bike wouldn't make it unscathed) and competed on Sunday. The area had unusually terrible weather leading up to the race, and the sea was very choppy with a big swell. I was most nervous about completing the swim, so seeing the rough ocean wasn't a pleasant thought at 6am. Apparently some competitors were throwing up as they came out of the water, so it was really rough!

BUT I decided I'd rather start the olympic and possibly pull out that to comfortably complete the sprint (I've completed six of them over the past few years).

And well I had the biggest smile on my face when I not only finished but wasn't DFL!! Finishing time in 2:52, being 13/15 in my category and 104/118 overall. The winner came in an hour before me, but that couldn't kill my super happy mood!



PS - the bike course was about 4-5km too short, hence the super face first place time. I wish it had been a full olympic distance, but seeing as it was supposed to be, I'm still claiming it as my first!