Well, the day finally came and went, and it was great. Thanks to everyone for the support; it was great having family there, especially my awesome wife!
The swim was very difficult; I would lift my head up from the water and the buoy would seem just as far away as the last time. After the swim, I had to run up the beach approx 3/4 of a mile to the bike transition area. The bike trail was full of hills, and some of the parts were very difficult to get over. At one point my bike chain fell off; fortunately, it only took me about a minute to out it back on. I did see a couple people that got flat tires.
After the bike portion was over, I started the hike/run. The "run" was on a trail in the park area and was incredibly difficult; I couldn't have run this trail even if I hadn't swam or done the bike portion. People came back from the "run" portion with bloody knees because there were lots of steep slopes to run down and up.
Here are the stats:
Swim-3/4 of a mile: (36 minutes) 258 Cal. Burned
Bike-13 miles: (54 minutes) 534 Cal. Burned
Run-5 miles: (1 hr 7 min) 551 Cal. Burned
Total time w/ transitions: 2 hrs 47 min 56 sec 1343 Cal Burned
5 comments:
WOOO HOOOO!! Go Sean! We're so proud of you. You set your goal to do the triathalon and you did great. What an accomplishement. I remember the one I did felt like the hardest thing ever but you feel great after you finally finish and recoup all those calories you lost. Maybe someday when I'm done having babies we can do one together. Love you bro!
sorry we couldn't bee there, sounds like a lot of fun and good job. I am proud of you
WOOO HOOOO!! Go Sean! We're so proud of you. (hey Sharon copied me)
Holy cow that's awesome! You and Sarah are such an inspiration to us both. In fact, this blog entry just might be the thing that will get me up tomorrow morning and go walking/running instead of turning off the alarm and going back to sleep. :) Great pictures too.
Love you guys!
The earliest meaning of the word “quick” in English is “alive.” When a baby was first felt to move in its mother’s womb it was considered to have come to life, and this moment was called “quickening.” This original meaning of the word “quick” has now died out except in the phrase “the quick and the dead,” kept alive by the King James translation of Acts 10:42, which speaks of Jesus as judge “of quick and dead,” but even more by the continued recitation of the Apostles’ Creed, which says of Jesus that “he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.”
People who use this phrase to imply that speed is involved—liveliness rather than aliveness—sometimes get credit for creating a clever pun but more often come off as ignorant.
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