On Saturday, I completed my first multi-sport race–a 300 meter swim plus 2 mile run. The race was fast, but it was a good intro to races like this, and my first time in a pool competitively. It was very small and my age group was everyone over age 19.

First, I started with coffee at home and 2 pieces of Ezekiel cinnamon raisin toast with peanut butter that I ate in the car around 6 a.m.

The race started at 7:30, so we got there at 6:30 and had a lot of time to just sit. But better to be early and wait than late and rush!

Have I shown you my new water bottle? It’s Camelbak with a small pocket pouch. I tried it for the first time at the race. Will hopefully be handy when I finally start running outside.

Then it started promptly at 7:30 and went fast!

For the swim, I wanted to just swim as fast and smart as I could without losing my breath, and I did that well. The time was pretty similar to practice swims. And my goggles stayed clear of water which was what I was most worried about!

The transition was on the slow side in comparison to the other racers, but oh well. Socks are hard to put on wet feet!

And my goal for the run once I got out there was to pass as many people as I could in my age group, so pretty much all women I saw. And to go fast, which I have just started incorporating into my treadmill workouts. It worked! My pace was about 10 minutes, which is faster than my previous outdoor runs. Hooray for progress.

To be soaking wet also kept me cool during the run.

Here are my stats:

300 m swim: 8:39 minutes

Transition to run: 1:52 minutes

2 mile run: 20:21 minutes

Total: 30:53 minutes

And bonus, I was 4th in my age group! I’m ready to splash and dash again!