Triathlon

This past Saturday, Twenty-Four Seven finally completed the peak of our physical training. For the past several months, since October, students have done nothing during workouts except swim, bike, or run. Even on Saturdays, we trained with an experienced biking group to have on-the-road practice to prepare. Beginning at noon most first, second, and some third years raced in a triathlon. All who participated finished an 800 meter swim, a 20 mile bike ride, and a 10k run before 4:30. Although most times were tracked inaccurately, I tracked mine on my own clock and completed the event within my goal time. Since swimming is my best sport, I had the best swim time out of the girls, and was the first person out of the pool from the first of three groups. The biking was a good time of refreshing from the swim and preparing from the race since my partner and I kept an even pace and I made sure to eat and drink a lot to recover and strengthen. Running was the hardest part for me, but I kept a slow, steady pace and ran almost the entire way while listening to music by Queen. Those who competed also got a cool car sticker to commemorate the day.