Triathlon CHAMPIONNATS d'AQUITAINE

Samedi 3 MAI CHAMPIONNATS d'AQUITAINE

This is a team triathlon-I joined a triathlon team last year in Bordeaux because some of the club members were always there for me during my career and I needed a license to race in duathlons....little did I know that they would get me in the water, I who has never swum, to swim across a lake! 750 meters in a wet suit!!! The hardest part is perhaps keeping your sight on the bullseye and swimming in a straight line. The idea was that i would stay as close as possible to my team mates feet so i wouldnt have to look up but after 200 m i couldnt see her feet anymore!after 400m she swam behind me and started to push me so all of the sudden I was swimming like i was on a jet ski! how cool is that!

at mid race one of my team mates hit a bouey and I had to laugh. laughing and swimming is not comaptible! anyway on we plowed and we finally made it out of the water. I pulled the girls for the 25kms bike leg and 2 of us pushed the 3rd during the run. Truly a team event as you have to finish with atleast 3 members. we came in 2nd, a feat in itself for a team who just met it's members 20 minutes before the finish and a motivation to do more!