Friday, June 3, 2011

We are Triathletes!!

Ed and I completed our first sprint triathlon in late April in Charleston...that's right we are now triathletes!!

We have been training off and on since last fall. Where did we get the bright idea to do a race that includes swimming, bike riding, and running? I blame my former co-anchor (Just kidding Tyler)! He and his wife told us about the race they did, so Ed and I thought it would be fun to do one together...although it definitely took a lot of convincing on Ed's part!

Ed and I were both in the novice category, which was nice since we got to start at the same time. I swam past him quickly as I'm the better swimmer and was on my bike before he finished the 500 meter swim.


He passed me on the bike though about a third of the way through the 12.4 mile bike ride. I was left in his dust at that point and didn't see him again until I ran huffing and puffing across the finish line. For those of you that don’t know, I’m not a strong runner, but I can HANDLE a 5k. The bottom line is that Ed is much more athletic than me!!

Ed finished 3rd among the guys in the novice division with a time of 1 hour and 28 minutes. I didn't place, but was just happy I wasn't last! My time was 1 hour and 44 minutes.

I guess you could say we got bit by the sprint triathlon bug since we are doing another one this month. Several of our friends have gotten bit to, so if you haven’t done one…we encourage you to “tri” it! I mean if the Heaths can do it….anyone can do it! 