I stayed at Legacy Lodge at Lake Lanier. It was ok. Unless you are going up to Lake Lanier for a specific event it is not worth the expense to spend the night at Lake Lanier. I stayed there because I wanted to go up a day before and have my bearing on were everything was and not have to drive up the day of and go right into the triathlon. It worked out well. I woke up this morning and thought oh I need to eat something before I get this day started. The Gang (includes mom, Luther, Rodrecus, Katrina, Michael and Iwilda) brought me up some fruit which was all I needed. I actually never eat before I run, swim or bike so changing up the routine to much might not be that good.
I get my stuff laid out as the below picture depicts. It helped between transitioning from one event to the next. My number was 1123. I will never forget that. For my first triathlon my number was 1123. My number will be hanging out on my door cork board for months I project.
Also you can see I have a new bike in this pictures. I got it on Friday at Outback Bike once I realized my bike would not be repairable due to the bike accident I had a few weeks ago. I got my last bike there, they have awesome sales people and there have lifetime tune-ups on your bike, an added bonus. This bike is made my Marin Bikes. A company in the United States in Marin County across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. I actually went there a few weeks ago while in San Francisco. I like buying made in the US and by a small business so it worked out well. This bike has two things that I like that my other bike did not have it has tire covers and an attachment to put my bag if I wanted to carry something along.
The first part of the triathlon was swimming 1/4 mile after having have to walk a 1/3 of a mile to get there in the sand. The water was pretty murky as you can see below. I was kicking people and people were kicking me in the beginning but as we thinned out it got better and went by pretty fast now that I think about it however when I was doing it I kept giving myself landmarks to get through to encourage myself along in addition to continually saying in my head I can do all things through Christ who give me strengths me - Philippians 4:13.
making sure the goggles are ready to go
After the swim I had to go up few flights of stairs and a very steep hill, my hip (an injury that resulted from the accidented I mentioned here and I forgot to bring my paid meds, I am not looking forward to tommorow's soreness) decided to have a twinge but I got thru it to reach the transition area to get my bike. My dad was on the step watching me as I ran up. He has some pretty cool pictures that I will share later when he lets me borrow his memory card. What I had not trained for was putting on socks on wet feet with lots of sand on it and then putting on my shoes and bike helmet with any type of speed. I got through it.
The bike portion was the longest portion and the toughest on my hip, I am not looking forward to the soreness tommorow. The web site stated that there was only one major hill can I tell you there was a few MAJOR hills, I am thankful somebody created gear shifts. I remember growing up and my bike only had one shift my two feet pedaling it along or getting off the bike and walking along. Here is the gang waiting on me get back from the bike portion. It was 12 miles and I projected an hour and twenty minutes.
We all got medals as we crossed and my nephew was kind enough to put mine on me. In addition, I have not participated in any type of race before however we got tracking devices to put on our ankles to give us our exact time I will know that tomorrow. It is the black thing around my ankle.
Afterwards we all went to Highland Bakery for breakfast. I was hungry at first but then it went away. They had great food. I have to go there when I have not exerted so much energy and indulgence after completing a triathlon seems counterintuitive.
My dad had to leave for church so he did not make it to the celebratory brunch however I am thankful he was there. Tim and Kamehi did not make it to the triathlon however I appreciated them coming out for brunch. Family and friends are awesome!!!
My friend Adrian and her husband Ali came in while I was riding my bike on the road and kind of stayed out on the route and were able to take the really cool pictures below.
can I say I have never had Powerade before but oh my goodness it was delicious. I had two of these I think I could have drank 5 easily. I do not know why I being modest I should have gotten them! All in all a great triathlon and I will definitely be participating it the My Next Triathlon next year. I may do another one before the end of the summer depending on how my hip does. I pushed myself to complete the triathlon today despite the accident, last year I did not compete and I was determined not to let anything stop me this year. I am thankful to God for getting me thru and sustaining despite the devil trying to keep me from accomplishing a life long goal. I could definitely do one every year. I would love some company feel free to join me in training!!!
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