sgt. daves first tri

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to participate in my very first triathlon...AS a spectator. One of my besties Dave was competing in his first try-a-tri (Milton) and it was a great experience for myself as well as him to say the least.

Unfortunately, I didn't make the start of his swim, but was able to cheer him on as he was getting out of the water. He was looking very strong as he moved onto the bike portion of the event. After the bike he went out for his run and in a true competitor fashion, sprinted the final stretch and left everything out there. You did great man! (start f'n following my blog - I even gave you a shoutout, not many are worthy of getting those)

The atmosphere was incredible at the event. There were so many people from all over Ontario and it was just a nice environment to be around. I got some serious race jitters though and I wasn't even racing...It just reminded me of the butterfly's I got before races back in high school.

The swim course was 375 metres but it looked like it went on for miles.

I'm feeling semi-confident for my race in 2 weeks but I'm still pretty nervous. Nerves come with all competitions I guess, that means you care. After witnessing the race yesterday, I noticed that almost everyone had a wetsuit @ this time of year because of the temperature of the water, so I'm definitely going to need one. I also noticed (for the sprint tri at least) that A LOT of people ride some pretty nice road and tri bikes. It's got me thinking...? Seeing as I just have my mountain bike with slicks on them.

This week I'm for sure going to get my wetsuit so that I can practice with it before my race. I'm also gonna go to some road bike stores to learn a bit more about them, and perhaps I'll have one by the end of the week...? It's quite an investment though, BUT if I do end up doing more and more tri's, it is definitely necessary. So we'll see....

Until next time, same bat time, same bat channel...(I thought this was SUPER clever til I saw it in text)