First Tri: Tempe International

I am sitting here trying to figure out how to start my first blog, I guess you just start.
The pre race was nice easy to park easy to check in and setup. I was in the the third to last wave in the swim start; this gives me the opportunity to be last out of the water with my sub-sub par swim speed. The swim was long it looked longer than a mile and felt just as long. Well when I got out of the water I wasn’t last but I was close.
Next I picked up my bike and started riding, I was riding well by my standards but the other riders were fast. The beginning of my second bike loop I heard a swish, swish, swish, I thought my brake was hanging up, then pshhhhh. The tire went flat. Now I am on the side of the road fixing my tire and with these fast guys fly by. I am starting to get a complex. I started out again and finished my other loops; the last one was really lonely.
So for the fanale I put on my running shoe and run forest run. My gut is saying stop forest stop. All the sports drink I had while on the bike was bouncing on up and down in my stomach and making me feel nauseous. I got into a rhythm take two cups of water at the aid stations take a sip of one then dump the two cups on my head. After a while the kids at the aid stations were offering to douse you for free this was great except my shoes filled with water, I sloshed along. About one mile from the finish I got goose bumps and got chilled? Uh-o. After Jocelyn’s little heat stroke I thought I need to stop and walk a little. So I am walking along and notice for the first time that there are these volleyball courts down by the water how nice that would be on a cooler day. I also notice the sprinklers that water the sand are on, and the wind is blowing the mist towards me! OH, duh. Anyway I start running again and finish the race strong. Jocelyn and the kids showed up a little later and we went to the splash park, that felt great and I think the kids had fun too.