I've mixed business and personal news and information in this blog as I believe it keeps things more interesting and because I write about what I'm thinking about. Yesterday, I completed another first, similar to the first day of this blog when I did the Polar Bear swim on 1/1/08. I entered and finished the Green Bay Triathlon, sprint division, in a steady rain.
1. Finish - This was my first "tri" and I wasn't sure I could do it. It actually was never a thought to not finish, and I never stopped to walk during the 5K.
2. Finish under 2 hours - I did much better, finishing in 1:33. I'm sure I can do better now that I have experienced the swim and the two transitions.
3. Don't finish last in my age group - Again, I did fine on this one. I haven't seen the results online, but when I left the event there were at least two guys with slower times than me in the 40-44 age group. I was 20th. I just don't know how many total competitors there were in my group.
I don't have any pictures of me because it rained too hard for my family to come watch and take pictures. The picture above is from last year's event.
So, as OPSA embarks on more change and transition, I am ready for it as I've tackled these new challenges personally.
I am not a strong swimmer, so a few weeks ago I took some private lessons at our local YMCA. It helped enough that I got through the swim. Luckily, much of the swim course was very shallow.
The "sprint" (meaning shorter than an Olympic or iron man) course was a 400 yard swim, then a 16 mile bike, and finish with a 5K run. Here were my goals, in order of importance, and how I did on each:
1. Finish - This was my first "tri" and I wasn't sure I could do it. It actually was never a thought to not finish, and I never stopped to walk during the 5K.
2. Finish under 2 hours - I did much better, finishing in 1:33. I'm sure I can do better now that I have experienced the swim and the two transitions.
3. Don't finish last in my age group - Again, I did fine on this one. I haven't seen the results online, but when I left the event there were at least two guys with slower times than me in the 40-44 age group. I was 20th. I just don't know how many total competitors there were in my group.
I don't have any pictures of me because it rained too hard for my family to come watch and take pictures. The picture above is from last year's event.
So, as OPSA embarks on more change and transition, I am ready for it as I've tackled these new challenges personally.
1 comment:
Jeff - What an awesome accomplishment! Great job. Great job on the blog as well. Keep it up.
Tom
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