I did it!

I sucessfully completed the Peterborough Sprint Triathlon this morning. It went well. Since it was my first one, I didn't set a time goal, I just wanted to try my best and finish the race. And I did that, so yay! The race consisted of a 750m swim, 20 km bike, and 5 km run. The swim started off well, it is a little scary when you are swimming with hundreds of people around you and people are kicking you, swimming right next to you, it was hard. I swallowed a little water at one point, had a minor panic attack, but I was able to calm down and catch my breath and keep going. So that was good. Then, after the swim, was the bike. Man, was it hard. The first half went really well, but when the second half just seemed to be so much longer than the first. And the fact that I was riding a mountain bike made it so much harder. People were passing me like crazy. But, I was expecting that, so it wasn't a big surprise. I just didn't think the type of bike would make a HUGE difference, but it did. I was working really hard on the bike, and people were just whizzing past me. That's alright though, I was just so happy to get to the end of the bike portion because my quads were killing me by that point. Then, it was on to the run. I was pooped right from the get-go on the run. But, lj was finished the race by this point (she did amazing, you should be so proud of yourself lj!), so she ran with me for my run portion. That was really sweet and encouraging, so that helped me get to the finish line. When I was running into the finish, the announcer called my name, and I saw my family and friends cheering for me, it was an awesome feeling. Worth all the hard work and sweat right there. I am SO happy to finish, I feel it is quite an accomplishment for me. Yay!