This past weekend the running brothers competed in the Race at the Base triathlon and we had a few supporters. We also knew one of our friends, Ryan Miller, was also going to be racing. We had several things to look forward too but I was really nervous, since our half marathon nearly 3 weeks piror I hadn’t trained very much.
On top of my lack of training I had a very long night the day before. But none the less I was excited about my first triathalon. The race was set to start at 10:30 and Zeb wanted to pick me up at 8:30. It sounded like a plan, a very tight plan but I tend to get places too early so I trusted Zeb. We arrived at the Los Alimitos Air Force Base at about 9:45 and by the time we sorted everything out at the car we headed toward the registration booth.
We were the one of the last U-Z participants to pick up our packets. We quickly got over to the transition area to set up our bikes and it was very evident that getting there early would make that part easier. The bike racks were completely full. We had to move some other peoples bikes and neatly organized gear to fit our bikes. I dont know the etiqutue when it comes that kind of stuff but to be perfectly honest we needed some space.
We had just enough time to set up a bikes say hi to our friend and walk to the start line. Our support crew meet us near the start line and gave us words of encouragement. With that we headed to the start line and moved toward the group that looked like we they could run at our pace. After a rather long rendition of the Star Spangled Banner the race was set and I was about to start my very first triathalon. We didn’t have a lot of time to get nervous so I was able to ride my excitement all the way up to starting pistol.