Lake Minnetonka Triathlon, June 20th, 2009

This was my first tri and and am please to be finished. I started training in January by swimming in the pool at the gym. Kelly laughed because I could only swim 6 lengths of the pool at the time. Today I swam 1/2 mile in 12:47, which is faster than I have ever done in the pool.
The bike was a disappointment for me. I am traditionally faster on my bike, but I focused all of my training on the swim. I got out about every other week for a good bike ride so far this year. I finished the 15 mile bike portion in 48:23, averaging 18 miles per hour. I can improve the most on the bike section next year.
The run was a traditional 5k. The difficulty of the run comes after the fatigue of the first two events. I still completed the 5k in 25:35 which is a good time for me and I am very pleased with this. I think I can improve this as well for next year, but I think I will focus more on the bike.
Overall, after you add in the transitions, I finished in 1:31:23 which was faster than the average time. I cant wait to do it again next year.Donny Martin, Brad Macdonald, me and Nick Lamoureux admiring our participation medals
My personal support team who valiantly cheered me on during the whole event