Hello Ladies,
Here's the lowdown on the hoedown from Middle Tennessee!!My SO and completed our first tri yesterday..06 mi. OW swim,16 mi. bike and 4 mi.run.My SO,Deb, finished 311 out of 352 entrants,her overall time was 2:22:01.We were right at the end of the start and a small front had turned the water fairly choppy by the time we went in.She completed the swim in 26:03,T-1, 3:04,bike in 1:03:52,T-2,3:34(had a pee break in there!!) ,run in 45:29.She was smokin' all three,and she smoked me by 23 minutes overall,so guess who has to mow and weedeat her yard and pasture next weekend?! I am so proud of her!!!Now for my results:I was 326 overall,my overall time was 2:45:01.Swim time was 42:33,did I mention I could barely swim when we started training?Deb helped me immensely in that aspect,she is like a dolphin in the water.Ladies,I used every stroke known to finish,and had no need to hydrate,as I swallowed about a gallon of the lake!!! T-1 was 3:04,bike was 58:42,I finished 3 out of 3 in my AG,but was 1st on the bike,which tickled me as cycling is my passion!T-2 was 2:45,run in 57:59.I was the last entrant to finish,but finish I did.My goals were to finish and finish in under 3 hours,so mission accomplished!!!WE HAD A BLAST!!!!I am ready to go out and do another next week,but will probably hold off till August,and we'll do some bike rides till then.I am happy that I finished,and am just busting at the seams with Deb's results.I got my personal trainer certification about 4 months ago and I like to think a combo of my training plans,and her hard work and determination got us both there.She has never considered herself athletic,even though she is and life is good here in Tennessee!!!!