So I finally did a triathlon! And let me tell you, it was amazing!
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| 5 am, day of triathlon |
On Saturday night I cleaned my bike, put everything I needed in my bag, and went to bed at . I woke up at in the morning so we could hit the road at . When we got to UCI, it was dark and cold! We immediately went to get our body marked so we could enter the transition area and get everything set up. Each participate has a different starting time. The race started at and I started at . It was already so a couple of us got changed and went down to the pool barefoot. It was so cold that every time I took a step my feet hurt. Try soaking your feet in ice cold water for 15 minutes and then walk. That feeling and the way my feet felt were exactly the same:P Each step was painful so we made the best of it and ran down laughing to get it over with. Once we were in the pool area I put my goggles and swim cap on and went into the pool. The water was really warm and felt like a JacuzziJ Even though 400 meters is a small distance I was nervous because I had never swam that much without taking minute breaks in between. Once the guy told me to go I swam as best as I could. You know how swimmers do a little flip once they hit the wall? Well I never learned how to do that and unfortunately..haha.. I got kicked in the stomach three times because I was too close to them while they were doing it. Even though it did hurt, I kept going so I could make my team proud. Finally.. I finished the swim:) I ran to the transition area to get my bike and put on my cycling shoes. There are so many rules in triathlons. You have to mount and dismount on your bike at a certain place or else you get penalized. Another rule is that when you’re on your bike you only have 15 seconds to pass the person in front of you, or else it would be counted as drafting annnnnnnd you could only pass on the left side of them. The bike course was only 12 miles but there were so many hills and that’s what made it hard. I was looking at my little computer on my bike and I was going 45 mph down the hill! I looked forward to going down that hill because my family was down there. Every time I passed by they screamed, “GO RONIC!” and “GO BEACH!” I love having people watch and cheer for me because it makes me want to try and go harder. After that was the run. I dropped my bike off and put on my running shoes and my racing bib. The run was the only thing that was easy for me. Once I crossed the finish line I heard my family and team cheer me on, I felt accomplished and proud of myself.
After the race they had some little competitions and prizes. There was handstands, pushups, relays, etc. They had announced that they were going to do a woman’s relay. I didn’t want to race because I thought they were going to smoke me. Since I was the only CSULB girl that was there all the guys on my team practically pushed me in so I could race :P It was funny because I had no choice so I just did it. I ended up getting 3rd place out of like 5 girls. I won a water bottle and flowers so that was cool :)
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| Part of the team that raced at UCI |
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