I Tried and I Succeeded

I had a great time today at the triathlon.  I didn't sink.  I didn't crash on my bike. and I didn't need to crawl over the finish line.  

Here are some pictures from the day.  My hubby did a great job cheering me on and documenting my race.  It was just a fun day.  Here are pictures of getting marked up, waiting to jump in the pool, (see me waving?) swimming, transitioning from the swim to bike, biking, and then running.  

I was pleased with how I did.  I was a bit hungry and tired afterwards.  I took a 1 1/2 hr nap when I got home.  And then we had a delicious BBQ to top off the day.

Triathlon tomorrow

I am a bit tired and I haven't even started my race.  I am going to hit the hay now and hope I get a little energy for tomorrow.

I am glad race day has arrived as I was getting a little tired of working out  :)

But all kidding aside, I stepped on the scale the other day and was so happy to see that I had finally lost some of that weight I put on during all of my infertility treatments.  Woo Hoo!  My clothes are fitting much better now.

I am also looking forward to going out and about with my newborn baby and having everyone tell me how fabulous I look and have them ask me how I lost all my baby weight.  I will get a good laugh about that.

A morning run

with a friend, followed by a bike ride brought me joy as well as exhaustion early this morning.  It was fun to run with my friend and chat a bit before we got too tired to talk.  Then when I finished up my run it was still pretty early, (we ran at 5:20), so I decided to go for a bike ride.  It was such a pretty and peaceful ride.  I saw the sun coming up through the clouds as I rode.

Overkill?

Probably, but the only reason I did it was because I am going to be doing a triathlon on Labor Day.  And I am starting to realize how quickly that will be coming up.  I am also realizing how difficult it will be.  Thankfully it is what is called a Sprint Triathlon, although, I will most definitely not be sprinting it.  I will be working on starting and finishing it.  :)  I will have to do a 300 m swim, 15 mile bike ride, and a 3.1 mile run.  Yikes, I am starting to sweat again just thinking about it.

I am excited about it though.  I have always wanted to do one.  It has been on my bucket list for several years, but I have always come up with reason as to why I couldn't do it at the time.  So when I saw that this one worked into my schedule, and I had been working out fairly regularly, I knew I had to give it a go.