July 8, 2012 My First Triathlon

For several years, I have thought that I would like to do a triathlon. I'm not sure why since I am not a runner, and not a great swimmer. But, in June of 2011, I decided that this summer, I was going to complete one. I trained hard (though evidently not as hard as I should have), and completed my first 5k in May. It was Running With The Cows, which was a lot of fun and I love cows. Then my sister and I also did the Color Run on July 1, which was a blast.

I did the Shawnee Mission Park Triathlon on July 8, 2012. I didn't care at all about my time...I just wanted to say that I did it. My time was decent until it got to the run, which I walked almost 100% of because I had broken a couple of toes a few weeks prior, and that morning while I was getting in the lake, I sliced open a couple of toes pretty badly. Here are a few pictures from that day to prove I did it :) And I'm already planning to do it again next year.