My first Triathlon

 The three of us.  My friend Brittany (the one on the right) talked us into doing this with her and I am so glad she did!

 This is me swimming!  I have the orange cap on.  I swam a lot faster than I thought I would.

 Me and Brittany at the finish line!  I honestly love this girl!  She has been with the along the whole way!  I was getting pretty emotional after I crossed over the line and gave her such a big hug!  She has truly been cheering me on and just as excited as I have been all along the way!  She's MY inspiration!

This is the five of us!  We would all train together in the mornings at the pool.  Poor Matt (the guy on the right) wrecked his bike as well as got 3 flats during the race.  But he's been a good friend throughout too!  I have loved having such awesome support!  We truly surround ourselves with people that get us where we want to go, and they have really helped me push where I wanted to go.  I am so happy about my results!  I definitely wasn't the fastest by any means, but I cut 2 min off my swim and 9 min off my bike.  Yeah, that was good!  My run wasn't as good as I had hoped, but I am ok with that.  I was just starting to get into my groove and I got a side ache, so I couldn't sprint it out until the last hill, but I don't mind.  I passed someone at the end... that works right?!  hehe