Lopez Lake Triathalon

My post-baby goal was to compete in triathalon, since Jackson is over a year, I decided it was time to commit. Friday night we drove up to Lopez Lake, north about 3.5hrs. We got there in the evening and the weather was PERFECT. There was a lot of close up wildlife, so Steven was entertined! Here are the Boyle Boys in front of some turkeys:

And now in front of some deer:


Fridy morning I woke up with a sty, but Race day I woke up with my eye looking like this:

The morning was very cold, Jackson and Steve were troopers. Here is the "transition area" where you put your bike and running shoes etc. We had to walk about 100yrds in our bare feet down the boat ramp to the lake. I thought these triathalon people are crazy!

Here we are at the starting line. The water was actually warmer than the outside air. I know that the swim doesn't look that far, but it seemed far when I was in the water! I was slower at the swim than I anticipated.

From swim to bike trying to get the wetsuit off.

Thanks Lindsay for letting me use your wetsuit!!

I was most worried about the biking, driving the route it seemed mostly uphill, but it was actually my favorite event.

Because I was so slow at the swim, I kept passing people on the bike! It was cold, but a fog from the ocean came in (Lopez lake is about 20 miles from the coast) and the air tasted like salt, it was really pretty and because there was so much uphill there was also a lot of downhill.

Here I go running (3miles).

Steve and Jackson are having a great time watching mom's race...

See the end of the post for a video of the finish. It was a great race. It took me back to the old cross country days!

Here are the results for my age group. My goal was to fnish in under 2 hours. My time is 1hr 37min.

Here are we are recovering.

See the magic apple?

Here is Jackson on the ride home. Love the little guy!

Here's the finish, don't blink or you might miss it!

Thanks to everyone who loaned me gear, motivated me, helped me train, and gave me advice! It was a really fun event, I hope to do it again in the future.