Swim
So, I got to the LA Fitness as soon as they opened at 5 on Wednesday. I headed straight for the pool. My swim took me 1 hour and 1 minute. {Side note: Are my bikini bottoms cute?? My other ones died and I picked these up for $1 at Hot Topic}
I had a few issues my first 8 and last 8 laps. {There were 40 laps total} During lap 7 I had goggle and hair issues. My goggles fogged up so, I wiped them off and when I put them back on they started digging into my eyes and filling up with water. I had to stop a few times to fix them. Then my hair came out and I had to redo it. During the last 8 laps I have having issues breathing. I started coughing a few times and had to stop. I think that I actually swam for 55 minutes. I'm happy with that.
Bike
The bike ride was interesting. We left the house later than I wanted and we hit traffic. It took us about 2 hours to get out to bike rental place. I found this trail online, The West Orange Trail, in Winter Garden. It's 24 miles each direction. I refuse to ride on the street and I like being able to ride without worrying. And, added bonus, there's a bike rental at the start of the trail. We got started on our ride at about 1:30. The rental place closed at 5 so, we had 3.5 hours to finish the 56 miles.
The trail goes thru downtown Winter Garden. This part of the trail is very poorly marked. We (Kaylee, Mo, and I) took a wrong turn and spent 20ish minutes finding our way back to the trail.
I failed at biking the 56 miles. We made it 23. It took us 2 hours and 51 minutes. Even tho I didn't complete the half iron distance, I DID complete an Olympic length. 1.5 km (.93 mile) swim and 40 km (25m) bike. I know that I didn't train well enough, I know I should have done things differently. But, I'm okay with what I did do. Before I start training again I'm going to buy myself an actual bike and ride outside. I think that that will make things better.
I will definitely be trying this again. Next time I think I will find an ACTUAL race to do.
