Saturday April 18th was the Litchfield Park Sprint in the Park Triathlon. It was put on by Litchfield Parks and Recreation and Litchfield Kiwanis Club. It wasn't a true "Sprint" by distance they called it that because it wasn't just, "a walk in the park," but a sprint in the park. Hard enough, but easy enough people could do it as a family.
I have to admit I was nervous to participate, but it turned out pretty well. For those of you wondering, yes I am sore. Mostly my legs and the bad ankle...which was expected.
Here's the group from of friends who participated. (Left to right: Tom, Me, Joe, Trevin, Brit, Erin) Next year we'll see if we can get Brittany signed up.
This is me all tagged up and ready to go.
It was pretty sweet to get in the water after waiting for over an hour post registration. My toes were cold and the water was warm. When I do it again i will train in a larger pool. This was six laps to get to the 300 yards and the pool I trained in was 12 laps to get to 300. So more walls to kick off from and less swimming it seemed. Even with that I my 300 yards were swam faster than I did in my training.
The transitions were a concern going into it, but all went smoother than planned. I couldn't get my iPod to work for the first half of the ride. Once it finally kicked in I could tell a big difference.
This was just after the finish line. I will admit I walked 3/4ths of the "Run" becuase of my bum ankle, but it was still enjoyable, and I would do it again.
And the fruits of my labors shown above and below... apparently I slept for over 3 hours. I didn't realize I was that tired except I had gotten up at 3:50am, run a triathlon and did it all while forgetting to eat breakfast.
