Another adventure.....with Cristin by my side: this girl got up at 6:30am after a rough night of only 3 hours of sleep..met me on the highway, was my equipment sherpa to and from the race (i am to call her 'Yetti' from here on out!), she took over 90 pictures and cheered me on at every leg of the race. Even before i could see her, i would hear her yelling 'GO SHARON!'....it was pretty wonderful.
So, i did the Cowichan Challenge in under 2 hours..... last night Chris looks at me and says 'are you SURE you want to do this? i mean, the last time you did it, you trained like crazy'...my response was (with narrowed, unimpressed eyes, thinking 'not helping honey')-"Its ok, i have been doing Jazzercise!"
The water was amazing...though i totally made the wrong choice leaving my goggles on land....i didn't account for all that splashing...but my swim time was 17 minutes according to Cristin!
Happy to be 1/3 finished.....nervous to be starting the hardest leg of the race.....
It looks fast...but i was actually real slow....
Finishing the 5km.....left knee started to give out at km 3, right knee at km 4...why do people run? I had 2 great men run past me at various points in that run and say something to me to keep me going--the first man said 'slow and steady wins the race'.....and a few km's later when i was feeling pretty low about being so slow and in pain, the next man said 'i have to remember the race is with myself and i have to kick my own ass'....well said, i thought..and i kept running.
The coveted finish line....check! and check!
Its 8 at night and i feel great....we'll see how tommorow morning feels-but it was a wonderful experience! And for those who knock jazzercise and roll their eyes...here is proof that it can pretty much train you for a triathlon! ;-)
The water was amazing...though i totally made the wrong choice leaving my goggles on land....i didn't account for all that splashing...but my swim time was 17 minutes according to Cristin!
Happy to be 1/3 finished.....nervous to be starting the hardest leg of the race.....
It looks fast...but i was actually real slow....
Finishing the 5km.....left knee started to give out at km 3, right knee at km 4...why do people run? I had 2 great men run past me at various points in that run and say something to me to keep me going--the first man said 'slow and steady wins the race'.....and a few km's later when i was feeling pretty low about being so slow and in pain, the next man said 'i have to remember the race is with myself and i have to kick my own ass'....well said, i thought..and i kept running.
The coveted finish line....check! and check!
Its 8 at night and i feel great....we'll see how tommorow morning feels-but it was a wonderful experience! And for those who knock jazzercise and roll their eyes...here is proof that it can pretty much train you for a triathlon! ;-)