Triathlon

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I ran my first triathlon last weekend!
[Ken and Tina](http://kenandtina08.com/) and I stayed at
[my parents' place](/space/eden_canyon_house.jpg) Friday night, got up at 5am
Saturday morning, headed down to
[Shadow Cliffs Regional Park](http://www.ebparks.org/parks/shadow_cliffs), set
up our gear, and started on the
[Tri For Fun](http://www.onyourmarkevents.com/TriForFunInfo.htm)
course bright and early at 7am.

I'd only decided to do the triathlon a couple days before, so I hadn't been
training. Worse, I ended up going in the second wave, which was very
competitive. I don't swim much, and I was riding Ken's mountain bike, so the
swim and the bike were both pretty challenging.

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I run pretty regularly, so I figured I'd make up time on that part. I pushed
hard on the bike, though, so when I got off and started to run, I almost fell
over. My legs felt like they'd been beaten with a bat! I'm definitely not used
to biking.

Even so, I cranked through the run and ended up clocking in at under 1:15,
which I was happy with. I'll have to do it again next year! In the meantime,
check out the [pictures](/gallery/tri_for_fun).