IT CAN BE DONE!!!

Yes it has been a month since my tri...but its done and it was awesome!  It was exciting, cold, painful, but fun :)  All my hard work def paid off and I am now a stronger person for having pushed myself...I can't wait to do it again!!!  So what I thought would be my best part, swimming, turned out the be the hardest for me.  I think I just freaked myself out :) I jumped in, missed the wall to push from, couldn't breath, got caught under the lain rope after the first flip, then had to do back stroke to breath...I eventually caught my breath and got into a rhythm, but that pool was sooooo long! As I got out of the pool I was instantly blasted by 40 degree temps, and I'M WET!  If you ever want to simulate a temperature....do a tri, you are freezing and sweating at the same time...weird!  I ran bare foot out of the pool and on to the track where my bike was halfway around the track waiting on me...yes my foot was wrapped, and I'm telling you, why have I not been wrapping my foot the whole time...I could have had so much less pain!!!  When I got to my bike I couldn't wait to put my jacket on, I looked over and my sister had left hers at her transition spot, I thought, ok well the sun is out maybe I will be fine...I put my shoes, helmet, and sunglasses on and trotted off with my bike, you can't get on it until you are out of the transition area and on to the street.  Burrrrrrr! 14 miles and 4 hills...average speed was around 15 mph...not too shabby! It was hard, but my spinning classes def paid off :)  After the bike it was on to the 3 mile run...the part I was dreading the most...as I got off my bike I realized that my feet were NUMB!!!  I couldn't feel them..so I started STOMPING, I thought man I'm going to look like such an idiot if I start running and can't feel my feet and fall.  My luck... but nope, I started at a VERY slow pace and just kept going....slow and steady wins the race.  Really the run wasn't too bad.  I remember thinking at about 2 miles, really why did I do this again... Then I remembered...oh yeah, cause I ROCK...one year ago I decided enough was enough and I joined the boot camp at my gym I could hardly run 1 mile without feeling like I was going to DIE!!!!  and then I did it again, and again, and again, and then I took matters into my own hands...my sister and a dear Friend said lets do a tri.  Now I'm 30 lb lighter and I have COMPLETED my first, def not my last, triathlon.... yep, I'm a tri girl... My next move will be on Aug. 13 in Republic...gotta start training :)