Just had my first triathlon this morning. killer.
Invited by Brian, my friends and I decided to give it a go while we still can. (I'm sure once we find a job, start spending majority of our day not exercising, and begin to develop flabs, we would not be suitable for this.)
The day started pretty early.
We had to pay a $10 one day membership fee after $60 registration fee. Son of a..
70 bucks for us to make sweat and tears.
and guess what, helmets are mandatory. We didn't own any.
Quick buy.
Met up with Brian right before our wave.
//Sidenote: hundreds of people joined the triathlon. Therefore, they split us into wave to start at different time. We were wave #5.
Got our numbers.
and our triathlon shirts.
Perlin showed up for support!
Frank, too!
Cliff bar for quick energy boost for, little that we know, a loooong journey.
Clif bar tasted like crap. my opinion.
Moments before the triathlon. Look at our bright smiles, we had NO IDEA what was going to happen next. Typical noobs.
Our wave started at 9:40 AM. Quick stretch.
Group photo time.
Here. we. go.
Cody with breaststroke.
Joey was the dark one in the water.
I was #44.
Swim - Done.
2nd part - bike.
I decided to bring my camera with me to document the whole thing.
The destination was beyond my eyes could reach. great. And better yet, it started raining.
By this time, I felt like my legs are falling apart.
Biking was a bitch. 9 out of the 18 miles, we had to bike against head wind.
Tony finished biking first.
I didn't know how I still managed to squeeze a smile.
Cody's got it.
Joey soon followed.
Part 3 - Run.
Felt like I was running with shackles.
I was feeling quite accomplished. Until a 10 year old girl ran past me. She'll do big things.
Cody caught up.
Tony, too.
After almost 3 hours, we've completed.
Yeah, man!
Pizza was a delight.
So were oranges.
BAM. Legs cramped. Sweaters soaked. Felt like Superman.
fin.
Photo courtesy from Perlin.
Thanks for dropping by Frank, Yen.
Really appreciate Jobu for borrowing me his bike.
Props for volunteering, APHIO and ppl.
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