My First Triathlon

For the last two months, I have been training for a triathlon. Initially I just wanted to get in shape, so I just joined Sarah and Ravel in their training sessions. I even threatened that if they asked me again to do the triathlon, I would no longer "train" with them. Well, three weeks before the event, I swam the required 800 meters without stopping and officially decided to do the triathlon; I even convinced Kyle to join that night via IM. Not only has this been a memorable experience, but I got to make some pretty cool friends.

Me, Kyle, Sarah, and Ravel before the triathlon...

and afterwards.

Yay, we did it.

Team Bruno (named for Kyle's cropped top)

A reenactment of our finish since our families arrived a bit too late.

Triathlon with kids

Some of the food Trung and I prepared at our after party. I made tri-berry cobbler in honor of the triathlon.

Three tanned triathletes

Adam and his "Asian girls"

Amy and Sophie

And now, for the Top Ten Triathlon Moments, drumroll please!

10. Swim Team - The nickname given to the young man who informed us how long the pool was. How did he know? "Because I'm in swim team".
9. Ravel borrowing Adam's sweaty and stinky helmet that he uses for his daily commute to work because his noggin was too big for all the other helmets.
8. According to Sarah and Ravel, me freaking out before the race and repeatedly stating how nervous I was
7. Sarah, Kyle, and I looking for the so-called sandy beach the first time we trained at Decker Lake, the site of the triathlon. All we really found was a small area with a sandy bottom.
6. Ravel and Kyle's triathlon tops that showed some tummy...can we say "Bruno"?
5. Sarah trying to determine the length of the swimming pool by counting the number of tiles.
4. Tall Kyle joining us for his first swim and finding that the water only came up to his waist.
3. Ravel needing assistance taking off his swim shirt before a run because it was nice and stuck on him
2. Kyle in the middle of telling Ravel and I how to get around Barton Springs when suddenly slipping on a rock and submerging himself underwater. *It's okay, we were already a couple feet in water.*
1. Finishing my first triathlon and having Trung say how proud he was of me. :)