Quote Originally Posted by SadieKate
Glad to know there are other watering pots in this crowd. I've been known to cry on the course when I suddenly realize I can do it.

Good job! Now, can you add the distances for us tri ignoramuses so we can go ooh and ah once again?
SK, I was going to cry with frustration at the start of the bike, I was so far behind everybody else. I sternly thought to myself, "There's no crying in triathlon." You can, however, cry afterwards!

The International Distance race is a .9 mile swim (or, in my case, a little longer!), a 26 mile ride (although my odometer said 27.58), and a 10K or 6.25 mile run. The sprint distance is, theoretically, half that, but the swim and bike distances can vary quite a bit from race to race. I know they did a 1/2 mile swim, must've been a 13-14 mile ride, and a 5K run.

Funny note: My sister and mom got there about an hour before I finished, so they watched a lot of the end of the race. They didn't know it was a mixed Int'l/Sprint finish. After I told them about that, my sister 'fessed up that she was shocked to see some of the people she thought had "beat" me..."I saw these old people, these really heavy women, and I thought, 'Lise's slower than all these people?!?'" Then when she saw me cry at the finish line, she thought something must've happened to my bike! I explained that some of those people who finished before me had done 1/2 the distance I did. She felt better!