Momma's Tri

It had been a minute since my last triathlon 

and I decided

(rather stupidly I now realize)

to get my 'feet wet' 

(pun intended)

doing the Olympic length 

Lobsterman Triathlon.

Olympic distance translates to a

1 mile swim

(in open water)
(in September)

(in Maine)

24 mile bike

6.2 mile run

A look at the

  Start Line.

It was a cold morning and these, um, super dedicated souls were 

warming up!
(yea right)

 More of

  'my kind'

watching the super dedicated sorts

"warm up".

Body marking

and 

bike check-in.

The transition area.

Lots of 

'transitioning' going on.

My spot.

All ready..........I think.

Line for the

  bathroom.

Yes, 

it goes allllll the way back!

I just saved it for my 

wetsuit,

I was going to need it!
So would these morons!

The 

Finish Line.

I would see that close to 4 hours after I started.

 This triathlon was quite the experience for me.

Some of it good and some of it not so good.

I knew going in I had severely 

under-trained,

but thought I would be ok.

It's not like I'm completely sedentary and decided 

just last week to do an 

Olympic tri.

But 6 months of Crossfitting isn't exactly the solution either.

It's all this momma can muster.

With 5 kids, training for a triathlon isn't exactly easy.

I see that now and it will most likely be awhile before my next one.

But there will be a next one!

I'm hooked 

and have been for awhile.

The scenery was beautiful.

I noticed that on every inch of my 24 mile bike ride.

Gorgeous!

I maybe could have taken notice during my 6 mile run,

but, let's face it, I just wanted to be done.