Brewhouse Triathlon

Rainbows before raceday signal great things to come...













Triathlons are like a two part play: the training and the race.

Act I is the training. It is long and mostly uneventful but is the most important part...it's the character building portion. You know, the one where you squeeze in excercise at all sorts of weird times and places in the day, training sessions that make you question if you need to see a psychologist, and the exlploration of weird gelatinous goo that supposedly gives you super human strength at preciously the right moment. It's the one with pinnacle workout feats that define who you are as an athlete; the "breakthrough" workouts that convince you that no matter what God hands you on race day, you'll make it to the the finish line.

Act II is the race itself. It's the finale with all the glitz and pizzaz...the 'big ending' at that finish line where you feel like a rock star and people should ask you for your autograph because you've managed to accomplish something most people wouldn't attempt if their life depended on it.

Well, my life didn't depend on it, but I still managed to finish the 19th annual Brewhouse Tri sprint course despite my lack of training focus on 'charachter building' and two bike malfunctions later. Nonetheless, this time was special...my niece Jackie joined me in her first tri ever, and placed very well kicking her Aunt Paula's butt! We are both excited to do it again next year, and already have plans to compete in the Lifetime Fitness Tri in July and 20th annual Brewhouse Tri August 1st! Think I will start focusing on the first act now...maybe even charachter build enough to attempt the olympic course despite my friends advice to go see a shrink. Hey, this isn't Ironman people!