Fun Filled Racing Weekend

What an amazing weekend I had! It was a fun filled weekend of racing and celebrating my birthday. Saturday started out early when I ran in Race for Riley. It was the first time I ran this 5K and loved every minute of it. It was the perfect morning for a 5K, but got hot fast. With Riley starting the race I was off running and feeling good. I felt good and kept a good pace for me throughout the whole race. The course had nice rolling hills with a downhill finish and I crossed the finish line in 24:35! For me that is a PR and the best part about it.... I took first in my age group!!! What a way to start the weekend. After some whiffleball and hanging out with my husband for the rest of the night I also had to get ready for my next race in the morning.

Sunday I had my first triathlon of the season! Again it was my first time racing Spring Fling Sprint Triathlon and it was another well put together race and enjoyed it as well. Wetsuit swim, rolling hills on the bike and a flat run! The morning started at 3 am when I had to wake up to drive to the race, getting there with plenty of time I was able to stay relaxed and calm. When it was race time I was still relaxed and I felt ready even though I haven't trained at all for short distance. The swim went well not what I was hoping for but I knew I was ready to kick it in on the bike. I pretty happy with my bike overall and felt good getting off to head into the run. I was really happy with my run since it only took me a min longer then what I did yesterday. Overall I had a really good race and had another PR for this distance of a race. Not only did I PR I also finished 3rd in my age group!!! What a way to celebrate my birthday with 2 podium finishes and a celebration with some friends that night was well!!! Not a bad way to start my racing season!

Misty and I with our hardware from Spring Fling

Oh and 3 weeks till IRONMAN TEXAS!!!!!!!