Todde's Tri Blog

Today a different Withycombe took center stage. Amber completed her 1st triathlon today and she lived to tell the tale. The race was Jacks Generic Tri (500m swim, 14mile bike, 3mile run) in New Braunfels. You can see the nerves working this morning. Not only did she have to worry about her pre race routine, she also had to worry about feeding Carson. We made it to the race in time for Amber to swim he transition area and get to nutrition in her. We waited a few minutes until the swim start and then she was off. She did well in her first open water swim with a 13min 500m lap. She came out of the water looking good and we never saw her again until she ran down the finish chute. the bike course took her a little over an hour (this was no spin class today!) and then the run took her about 40+ mins (12+ min average mile). Amber's total time was 2:03. I must say I am very proud of her. Alot of people say they want to do a Tri but they backout for different reasons. Amber decided to do Jacks 5 weeks ago. We signed her up immediately and the rest is history. As for me being a first time spectator at the tri, I enjoyed being on the otherside watching the racing. I really wanted to race myself once I was there but it was Amber's day so I sat this one out.

No training for me today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!