Yesterday momma completed her first triathlon while pregnant. While this wasn't my first tri ever, it was my first time doing one while hauling 11 extra pounds and a 21 week old fetus along for the ride. I'd wanted to sign up for the event a month earlier but was hesitant to pay the entry fee only to drop out if I didn't feel well, so I waited until the day before to sign up to ensure I was able to go the distance. Granted, the distance wasn't anything terribly impressive - 400 m swim, 10 mile bike, and 2.5 mile run (or waddle) - but it was something!
The week leading up to the event my lower back was killing me and I'd been to a chiropractor and had a prenatal massage. Nothing worked. When I woke up on race day I was in so much pain I could barely walk to the bathroom. Somehow the race cured me, nothing hurt at all during, I was so grateful! Maybe I whacked it out so much that it went back into place? Not sure, but it worked! The swim was pretty chill, out and back around two buoys in a quarry lake full of duck feathers and poop. I wore my wet suit, even though it wasn't cold water, to ensure none of that yucky water got up inside me to baby. I was 3rd out of the water, busted through transition, then was first out on bike and first back in by almost 3 minutes. I was ahead the whole run but got passed by a 22 year old NON-pregnant girl about 1/4 a mile from the finish line. I was so bummed but I promised myself I wouldn't push it. I finished strong in 1:11:15, about 8 minutes slower than I did it the year before, but still pretty solid. I was really proud of myself, as was baby daddy! 2nd overall in my division of 120 women!
Next and last race is the Barb's half Ironman in which I am only doing the swim relay portion. My mother in law is biking the 56 miles and my mom is running the 13.1 miles. Too cool to have the mom's, mom-t0-be, and baby altogether!
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