DC Tri Wrap Up

Last weekend, my 15 year old son also did the Door County Sprint Tri. It was his first triathlon and we have been open water swimming and biking together to get ready. The morning before the race, we were looking at the swim course map. It looked like you were supposed to swim on the right side of the first yellow buoy, turn left and swim straight towards another yellow buoy, pass it on the right side, and then stay to the right side of a line of red buoys angled towards the shore.

All of the men started first, and since he is young, my son started in one of the early waves. He was lined up with his wave when the announcer explained the course. Instead of going to the right of the yellow buoys, you were supposed to swim between them. I realized that I had explained the course incorrectly to him, so I said, “Brady, did you hear that? You are supposed to swim between them, not around.” With that, every male congregated on the beach says, “Mom! You are embarrassing me!” No kidding, I was sarcastically chastised by at least 50 guys. Here we are before I was mortified.

Here are some more pictures:

He finished 6th in his age group and he really enjoyed it.

Mike did the Half Iron Triathlon the next day as part of his training for IM Wisconsin. It was nice to be done with my race and get to be a spectator. Here are some pictures from his race:

He had a very good race also. It’s nice when everyone races well and is in a good mood!

Another reason to be in a good mood was that Saturday was my daughter’s birthday. We celebrated with guilt-free pizza for dinner and lots of cake. She loves the Beatles and that was the theme of her gifts. Here she is practicing bass guitar because Paul McCartney plays bass guitar… just in case you didn’t know.

The end of the triathlon marks the beginning of marathon training. I did my first long run yesterday. Since I am using a 16 week schedule, it was only 8 miles which isn’t really long for me. It’s good to get the first one out of the way, though, and I love starting a new schedule. Having the first long run be more manageable makes the whole schedule look less intimidating. Tomorrow is the Heart of the Summer 10K and 5K. Mike and I will do the 10K and Brady will do the 5K. Although I’m just using this race as a tempo run, I’m excited about it. I’ve signed up for this race two years in a row and have never made it to the start line. Both years, our daughter had to play in a last minute softball tournament and I couldn’t make the race. This year, the tournament was “optional” and we opted to sit out this time. Since I’m not going to be running it all out, I’m not nervous at all. Hope the t-shirts are good!