Not my best side for sure...

As promised, here are the triathlon pics. I really don't like any of them (ok, maybe the bike one is ok), but I really am proud of my accomplishment! I did the Echo Triathlon, and was in the sprint distance race. It consisted of a 1/2 mile swim in Echo Resevoir, a 12.5 mile bike along the canyon wall north of the lake, and 5k run along the Rail Trail that is lakeside! It was a beautifully cool, cloudy morning; which I am sure contributed to my ability to finish!

I finished in just over 2 hours, which was super slow for my age group, but it was actually faster than I thought I would finish; especially considering I had some serious water bottle cage issues on the bike that ate up about 5-10 min.! I felt so exhilirated at the end, and cannot wait to do another one!Just coming out of the water...The swim was definitely the hardest part for me. And man those wetsuits are not flattering!

Just beginning the bike. This is right as my water bottle cage was starting to totally fall off of my bike. I ended up holding my water bottle for the entire ride. I was also holding an energy gel packet in my mouth, lol.

Trekking along on the run. By this point, I was pretty worn out, but super determined to finish!

Aaahh! The finish line. I didn't even know there was a photog, or I may have made a better effort to look cuter. I'm pretty sure this is just a look of pure relief that it was over! My time was 2:10: 56 or something close to that. Nowhere to go but up from here!

My own place...

After much thought and reflection, I decided I need a place to call my own. On the internet that is, lol. Sure, we have the cutesy, all-American, family blog with the standard cute kid pics, funny kid moments, etc., but I need a place where I can come to rant, rave, bitch, moan, gloat, etc.

So, here I go. I decided to name this place "just learning to tri" for a few reasons. Last Saturday, I completed my first ever triathlon. It was a sprint distance and was held at Echo Resevoir in Coalville, Ut. Man! What an experience! I'm wishing I would have started this blog months ago, when I signed up for this great adventure in insanity, but no time like the present huh? The other reason I named this place to lay my thoughts out in words, is that over the last year or so, I am slowly learning that you can only do your best, and that is all anyone (including yourself) can/should ask of you.

I don't know if it's because I'm nearing a milestone birthday (the big 3-0!) or what the hell's going on, but I'm feeling very reflective about life these days and am really going to use this as my forum to get those thoughts out of my head to be sorted through accordingly. Feel free to join me on this journey into hopefully bettering myself! It should be an interesting, sometimes entertaining trip at the very least...