Somehow Linds and I were convinced to do a triathlon with a group of friends even though neither of us own a bike and NEVER swim. Unfortunately these two issues were not addressed in the slightest during our “training”. We ended up only being able to borrow one bike so it was decided that I would use it and Linds would sit this one out (never seen Linds so relieved).

The swim was 750 meters (furthest I have ever swam), cycle was 20km (furthest I have cycled in probably 10 years), and a 5km run. I was pretty much last out of the water on the swim (75% sure I saw a shark, not kidding), almost last after the cycle (I was on a woman’s bike and could not figure out how to change gears or raise the seat) and finished in the bottom 5 in my age group overall. Very impressive…. Regardless we had a great weekend in Jervis Bay and I learned a valuable lesson, if you are going to do a triathlon you need to swim and cycle before the race…