We kicked off the spring/summer with me doing my first triathlon...a sprint triathlon (1/3 mile swim, 12 mile bike, 3.2 mile run) with my good friend Elisa Pack. It was at the Lake Las Vegas Resort in Henderson, NV, an incredibly beautiful resort, and could have been considered our first family vacation of the year, but we left the girls with Toni and Brian Fulks and just took Clate with us. It was still a vacation and tons of fun!!! I felt pretty excited going into it, not knowing what to expect. My goal was just to finish!
Adam, Kari and Clate before triathlon
Elisa Pack and Kari all geared up for the swim!!
Overall, it was super fun!!! The swim was much harder than expected as I had only trained in a swimming pool and the open water along with the crowd of people was way different...I just couldn't get into a good swimming groove. It was survival for 600 meters. At one point I had to sing to myself, "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming". Anyway, I made it and finished the race in 1 hour 40+ minutes...I don't remember the actual time.
Can you find me?
There we go...just keep swimming, just keep swimming...
Toward the end of the bike ride I was happy to see Adam and Clate cheering me on.
And even happier to be crossing the finish line a little while later!!!
Triathlon finishers!!!
Doing this triathlon was super fun. I'm still not sure why I am 31 and just now did my first triathlon...shouldn't I have been doing these in my 20s? What was I thinking??? This is only the beginning though...I think I'm hooked!
